Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1340

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

English translation of the principle

The penalty for a juvenile who has not attained eighteen years of age. The law has not specified a minimum for it. Its maximum. Its cases. - The law has made young age a mitigating legal excuse and required the judge to give effect to it in judgment. The mitigating circumstances set out in Article 83 of the Penal Code: the judge may assess their existence. An example.
Arabic original
عقوبة الحدث الذي لم يبلغ ثماني عشرة سنة. لم يحدد لها القانون حد أدنى. حدها الأقصى. حالاته. - القانون جعل من صغر السن عذراً قانونياً مخففاً وأوجب على القاضي القضاء به. الظروف المخففة الواردة بالمادة ٨٣ ق الجزاء للقاضي تقدير توافرها. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٣/١٩٧٨ جزائي جلسة ٣٠/١٠/١٩٧٨ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٤١٥) (والطعن ٢٠٢/١٩٧٨ جزائي جلسة ٢/٤/١٩٧٩ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٤١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 366. PDF pages: 363.

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