Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1054

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

English translation of the principle

The material element of the offence of facilitating unlawful appropriation of public funds. The prerequisite for its establishment. The public official is deemed a principal offender and the other person an accomplice with him in that offence. The reason for this. - Appropriation of public funds by another person. Must occur by means other than those prescribed by laws and regulations. It suffices that the funds or their equivalent are held by one of the entities listed in Article 2 of Law 1/1993 concerning the Protection of Public Funds, even if owned by others or by individual persons.
Arabic original
الركن المادي لجريمة تسهيل الاستيلاء بغير حق على المال العام. مناط تحققه. الموظف العام يعد فاعلاً أصلياً والغير شريكاً معه في تلك الجريمة. علة ذلك. - استيلاء الغير على المال العام. وجوب أن يكون بغير الطرق التي تنص عليها القوانين واللوائح. كفاية أن تكون الأموال أو ما في حكمها تحت يد أحدى الجهات الواردة بالمادة ٢ ق ١/١٩٩٣ بشأن حماية الأموال العامة ولو كانت مملوكة لغيرها أو لآحاد الناس.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨٣/٢٠٠٤ جزائي جلسة ١/٢/٢٠٠٥ القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني عشر ص ٥٠٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 289. PDF pages: 286.

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