Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1100

Reading together the provisions of Articles 2/1, 4 of Decree-Law 13 of 1991 concerning Weapons and Ammunition and Article 14 of Minister of Interior Decision No. 214 of 1992 issuing the Executive Regulations of this Law, and what is stated in the Explanatory Memorandum. Its implication: deeming the licence expired and treating it as though it had never existed for failure to renew it within the prescribed time is equivalent to the absence of a licence in the first place. Both are punishable under Article 21 of Law 13 of 1991. - The judgment setting out evidence establishing the offence of possessing a firearm without a licence from the competent authority and convicting the appellant pursuant to Article 2/1 of Law 13 of 1991 concerning Weapons and Ammunition. There is no basis for challenging it.