Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1433

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

English translation of the principle

Dismissal from public offices. An accessory penalty necessarily imposed upon every public official sentenced to a felony penalty. Articles 66, 69, 71 of the Penal Code. The legislature did not provide within those articles for limiting its duration. The challenged judgment’s departure from this view. An error in applying the law. Requires its partial cassation and correction by cancelling the limitation imposed on the duration of dismissal.
Arabic original
العزل من الوظائف العامة. عقوبة تبعية يُقضى بها حتماً على كل موظف عام محكوم عليه بعقوبة جناية. المواد ٦٦، ٦٩، ٧١ من ق الجزاء. لم ينص المشرع في نطاق تلك المواد على تأقيتها. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر. خطأ في تطبيق القانون. يُوجب تمييزه جزئياً وتصحيحه بإلغاء ما قضي به من تأقيت العزل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٣٤/٢٠٠٣ جزائي جلسة ٢٧/٤/٢٠٠٤ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 385. PDF pages: 382.

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