Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1077
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The offence of unlawful exaction. Its criterion. The public official must be competent to collect sums due to the State, or this must be among the requirements of his office or entrusted to him. - An official's collection outside the scope of his office and taking what is not due or an amount exceeding it, if a person lacking competence to collect instructs him to do so. This does not constitute the offence of unlawful exaction, but may constitute bribery. - 295 - Criminal Law
Arabic original
جريمة الغدر. مناطها. أن يكون الموظف العام مختصاً بتحصيل المبالغ المستحقة للدولة أو يكون من مقتضيات وظيفته أو منوطاً به. - قيام الموظف بالتحصيل خارج نطاق وظيفته وأخذه ما ليس مستحقاً أو زيادة عليه إذا كلفه شخص غير مختص بالتحصيل. لا تقوم به جريمة الغدر وقد تقوم به جريمة الرشوة. - ٢٩٥ - الجزاءOriginal Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٢٦/١٩٩١ جزائي جلسة ٧/١٠/١٩٩١ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص ٥٨١)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 295. PDF pages: 292.
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