Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 925

An appeal brings the entire action before the court of second instance anew. Effect: it may legally characterize the incident without attributing new acts to the accused or increasing the penalty where he alone is the appellant. - The Court of Appeal is not obliged to alert the accused to its amendment of the legal characterization of the incident. Condition for this. No acts or elements are added to the incident established by the first-instance judgment. The judgment's compliance with this. No infringement of the right of defence. Example.