Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1274
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Unroasted poppy seeds which were subject to the prohibition contained in Article 26 of the Narcotics Control Law. Their exclusion from that prohibition upon the issuance of Minister of Health Decision 321/1987. The implication thereof. This decision constitutes a law more favourable to the accused from its entry into force and requires a judgment - 344 - Criminal Law of acquittal, as a legal ground relating to application of the law more favourable to the accused.
Arabic original
بذور الخشخاش غير المحموسة التي كانت تخضع للحظر الوارد في المادة ٢٦ من قانون مكافحة المخدر. خروجها من هذا الحظر بصدور قرار وزير الصحة ٣٢١/١٩٨٧. مؤدى ذلك. هذا القرار يعد قانوناً أصلح للمتهم من نفاذه ويقتضي الحكم - ٣٤٤ - الجزاء بالبراءة باعتباره سبباً قانونياً يتعلق بتطبيق القانون الأصلح للمتهم.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٢٥/١٩٨٧ جزائي جلسة ١١/١/١٩٨٨ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص ٦٧٤)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 344. PDF pages: 341–342.
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