Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 364

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The inviolability of a car and a person's belongings, including his bags. Derives from the inviolability of their owner or possessor. - Lawful infringement of a person's inviolability upon the establishment of the right to arrest him. Its effect: removal of the inviolability of his car and personal belongings, including his bags. - 203 - Criminal Procedures and Trials - A person's voluntary abandonment, of his own choice, of his personal belongings and denial of his connection with them. Its effect. The lapse of their legal protection and the permissibility of their opening and search by a police officer to uncover what they conceal. The reason therefor. Example.
Arabic original
حرمة السيارة ومتعلقات الشخص بما فيها حقائبه. مستمدة من حرمة مالكها أو حائزها. - استباحة حرمة الشخص قانوناً بثبوت الحق في القبض عليه. أثره: رفع الحرمة عن سيارته ومتعلقاته الشخصية بما فيها حقائبه. - ٢٠٣ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية - تخلي الشخص عن متعلقاته الشخصية طواعية واختياراً وإنكار علاقته بها. أثره. سقوط الحماية القانونية عنها وإباحة فتحها وتفتيشها من رجل الشرطة لكشف مكنون ما تستره. علة ذلك. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢/٢٠٠٩ جزائي جلسة ٥/١/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٨ ج ٢ ص ٤٢٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 203. PDF pages: 196–197.

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