Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1225

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

English translation of the principle

Procedures for taking and analysing a urine sample from the accused. Regulatory. Their violation entails no nullity. - The court being satisfied with the conclusion of the analysis report that metabolites of narcotic substances were found in the accused's urine sample. Sufficient to answer his defence that taking the sample was delayed for a period sufficient for their traces to disappear from his body.
Arabic original
إجراءات أخذ عينة من بول المتهم وتحليلها. تنظيمية. لا بطلان على مخالفتها. - اطمئنان المحكمة إلى النتيجة التي خلص إليها تقرير التحليل من العثور على متحللات المواد المخدرة بعينة بول المتهم. كفايته للرد على دفاعه بالتراخي في أخذ العينة مدة كافية لزوال آثارها من جسمه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٢/٢٠٠٢ جزائي جلسة ٢٦/١١/٢٠٠٢ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ٦٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 333. PDF pages: 330.

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