Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1066

The offence of appropriation of public funds criminalized by Article Ten of Law 1 of 1993 concerning the Protection of Public Funds. The prerequisite for its establishment. - 291 - Criminal Law - The judgment's statement that the appellant is a public employee who appropriated funds of an entity whose funds are considered public funds, with the intention of taking exclusive possession of them and depriving the owning entity of them. This establishes criminal intent with its elements and establishes both constituent elements of the offence. Its sufficiency to answer the challenge alleging an error in interpreting the law by treating the incident as a misdemeanour of fraud or a commercial or civil transaction.