Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1438

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

English translation of the principle

The appellate judgment's adoption of the reasons of the first-instance judgment concerning conviction, while amending the penalty by reducing it. Its failure to single it out in its reasons or operative part when upholding it in respect of its ruling concerning confiscation of - 386 - Criminal Law the narcotic. Cassation of the judgment and addition of the confiscation penalty.
Arabic original
أخذ الحكم الاستئنافي بأسباب الحكم الابتدائي بصدد الإدانة مع تعديل العقوبة بالنزول بها. عدم اختصاصه بأسبابه أو منطوقه عند تأييده إياه فيما قضى به بشأن مصادرة - ٣٨٦ - الجزاء المخدر. تمييز الحكم وإضافة عقوبة المصادرة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥/١٩٨١ جزائي جلسة ١١/٥/١٩٨١ القسم الأول المجلد الثالث ص ٣٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 386. PDF pages: 383–384.

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