Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1590

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

English translation of the principle

Connection between offences. The condition for its existence. Unity of purpose and indivisibility. Article 84 of the Penal Code. - What is meant by unity of purpose. Their arising from a single motive and the unity of the right infringed. - What is meant by indivisibility: the existence of a close link between the offences rendering them a criminal unit. - Establishment of the connection. Its effect. Imposition of the penalty prescribed for the most serious of the connected offences. Example.
Arabic original
الارتباط بين الجرائم. شرط تحققه. وحدة الغرض وعدم القابلية للتجزئة. المادة ٨٤ من قانون الجزاء. - المقصود بوحدة الغرض. صدورها عن باعث واحد ووحدة الحق المعتدي عليه. - المقصود بعدم القابلية للتجزئة: توافر صلة وثيقة بين الجرائم تجعل منها وحدة إجرامية. - تحقق الارتباط. أثره. توقيع العقوبة المقررة لأشد الجرائم المرتبطة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٣٦/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٢٨/٥/٢٠٠٢ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ١٣٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 416. PDF pages: 413.

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