Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1606

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

English translation of the principle

The principal penalty prescribed for the most serious of indivisibly connected offences. It absorbs the principal penalties but not the supplementary penalties. The rationale therefor.
Arabic original
العقوبة الأصلية المقررة لأشد الجرائم المرتبطة ارتباطاً لا يقبل التجزئة. تجب العقوبات الأصلية دون العقوبات التكميلية. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧٤/١٩٩٥ جزائي جلسة ١٩/٦/١٩٩٥ القسم الثالث المجلد الرابع ص ٦٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 420. PDF pages: 417.

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