Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1163

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

English translation of the principle

The existence of intent to traffic in narcotic substances. Its sufficiency to establish the mental element of the offence of possession or physical possession of narcotic substances or preparations or a plant among the plants listed in Schedule No. 5. Even if the perpetrator has not made trafficking in those substances his occupation, whether the possession or physical possession is for his own account or for the account of another.
Arabic original
توافر قصد الاتجار في المواد المخدرة. كفايته لتوافر الركن المعنوي لجريمة حيازة أو إحراز مواد أو مستحضرات مخدرة أو نباتاً من النباتات الواردة في الجدول رقم ٥. ولو لم يتخذ الجاني الاتجار في هذه المواد حرفة له سواء كانت الحيازة أو الإحراز لحسابه أو لحساب الغير.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٦٨/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ١٢/٣/٢٠٠٢ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ٦٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 322. PDF pages: 319.

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