Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 104

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Exemption from punishment because the offender lacked perception and choice. Its criterion. This must be attributable to mental illness or mental infirmity, to the exclusion of anything else. Psychological disturbance. Insufficient. - Failure of the judgment to respond to a manifestly invalid defense. Does not vitiate it.
Arabic original
الإعفاء من العقاب لفقدان الجاني الإدراك والاختيار. مناطه. أن يكون ذلك راجعاً لمرض عقلي أو عاهة في العقل دون غيرهما. الاضطراب النفسي. لا يكفي. - عدم رد الحكم على دفاع ظاهر البطلان. لا يعيبه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥١/١٩٩٣ جزائي جلسة ١٠/٥/١٩٩٣ القسم الثالث المجلد الرابع ص٧٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 31. PDF pages: 28.

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