Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1050

The trial court imposing a misdemeanour penalty instead of a felony penalty for the offence of appropriation of public funds. Its condition. Article 20/2 of Law "1" of 1993 concerning the Protection of Public Funds. There is no basis for imposing the penalty of disqualification from holding public office or temporary removal from public office provided for in Articles 68/1, 70 of the Penal Code. The reason: the former is an ancillary penalty imposed upon a person sentenced to a felony penalty, and the latter is a supplementary penalty for the misdemeanours exhaustively specified in the latter Article.