Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 129

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

English translation of the principle

Criminal liability. Its removal from the perpetrator at the time of committing the act. Its condition: that he lack perception because of mental illness or lack freedom of choice because he is under the influence of a threat to inflict immediate serious harm to person or property. Articles 22, 24 of the Penal Code. Example of what does not constitute a state of necessity. - The challenged judgment's failure to respond to a manifestly invalid defence. It does not render it defective. 5- Mistake of fact:-
Arabic original
المسئولية الجزائية. اسقاطها عن الفاعل وقت ارتكاب الفعل. شرطه: أن يكون غير مدرك لمرض عقلي أو فاقداً لحرية الاختيار لوقوعه تحت تأثير التهديد بإنزال أذى جسيم حال يصيب النفس أو المال. المادتان ٢٢، ٢٤ من قانون الجزاء. مثال لما لا يعد حالة للضرورة. - عدم رد الحكم المطعون فيه على دفاع ظاهر البطلان. لا يعيبه. ٥- الغلط في الواقع:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٤٠/٢٠١١ جزائي جلسة ٢٨/١١/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٩ ج ٣ ص ٤٩٢)

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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