Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1418

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

English translation of the principle

The Court of Cassation may quash and correct the judgment in the accused’s interest of its own motion if it appears to have been based on a violation of the law. - The judgment’s disclosure in its reasons that it applied the provisions on indivisible connection to the offences of which the accused was convicted, and its imposition of a fine not among the penalties prescribed for the most serious offence. Requires its partial cassation and correction by cancelling the fine. - 382 - Criminal
Arabic original
لمحكمة التمييز أن تميز الحكم وتصححه لمصلحة المتهم من تلقاء نفسها إذا تبين أنه بني على مخالفة القانون. - إفصاح الحكم في أسبابه عن إعمال أحكام الارتباط الذي لا يقبل التجزئة بالنسبة للجرائم التي دين بها المتهم وتوقيع عقوبة الغرامة التي ليست من بين العقوبات المقررة للجريمة الأشد. يُوجب تمييزه جزئياً وتصحيحه بإلغائها. - ٣٨٢ - الجزاء
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٦٧/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٩/٤/٢٠٠٢ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ١٦١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 382. PDF pages: 379.

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