Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1602
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A person’s commission of a number of offences for a single purpose, indivisibly connected with one another. Its effect. No penalty other than that prescribed for the most serious of them may be imposed. Basis thereof. Article 84 of the Penal Code. - Unity of purpose. Conditions for finding it. And the criterion for its establishment. - Absence of criminal unity. Its effect. Multiplicity of penalties corresponding to the multiplicity of offences.
Arabic original
ارتكاب الشخص لجملة جرائم لغرض واحد ترتبط ببعضها ارتباطاً لا يقبل التجزئة. أثره. وجوب ألا يحكم بغير العقوبة المقررة لأشدها. أساس ذلك. م٨٤ جزاء. - وحدة الغرض. ما يشترط للقول بها. ومناط انعقادها. - انتفاء الوحدة الإجرامية. أثره. تعدد العقوبات بتعدد الجرائم.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢١٧/١٩٩٦ جزائي جلسة ٣٠/١١/١٩٩٧ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص ٣٢٤)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 419. PDF pages: 416.
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