Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1548

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's adherence to the minimum penalty for the felony of forgery carrying the more severe penalty, indicating that it stopped at the limit of mitigation and might have reduced the penalty but for that statutory constraint. There is no scope - 407 - Criminal Law for applying the justified-penalty doctrine. Example.
Arabic original
التزام الحكم الحد الأدنى من العقوبة في جناية التزوير ذات العقوبة الأشد بما يشعر بوقوفه عند حد التخفيف واحتمال نزوله بالعقوبة لولا هذا القيد القانوني. لا محل - ٤٠٧ - الجزاء لتطبيق نظرية العقوبة المبررة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٧/١٩٨٧ جزائي جلسة ١٣/٤/١٩٨٧ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص ٥٧٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 407. PDF pages: 404–405.

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