Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 128

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

English translation of the principle

The state of necessity that extinguishes criminal liability. Its nature. It is that which surrounds a person and drives him to the offence and the necessity of protecting himself or another from grave danger to person or property, in the occurrence of which his will played no part. Condition thereof. The offence committed by the accused must be the only means of averting the immediate danger. Example of what does not constitute a state of necessity.
Arabic original
حالة الضرورة التي تسقط المسئولية الجزائية. ماهيتها. هي التي تحيط بالشخص وتدفعه إلى الجريمة وضرورة حماية نفسه أو غيره من خطر جسيم يصيب النفس أو المال ولم يكن لإرادته دخل في حلوله. شرط ذلك. أن تكون الجريمة التي ارتكبها المتهم هي الوسيلة الوحيدة لدفع الخطر الحال. مثال لما لا يعد حالة للضرورة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٧٨/٢٠٠٣ جزائي جلسة ٢١/١٢/٢٠٠٤ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص٦١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 37. PDF pages: 34.

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