Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1610

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

English translation of the principle

The penalty prescribed for the two felonies of possessing a narcotic substance and another psychotropic substance absorbs the principal penalty for the offence of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of narcotic substances, but not the supplementary penalty. Effect thereof: setting aside what the appealed judgment adjudged for that offence and affirming the supplementary penalty it imposed. Example. 14- Absorption of penalties:-
Arabic original
العقوبة المقررة لجنايتي إحراز مادة مخدرة وأخرى مؤثرة عقلياً تجب العقوبة الأصلية لجريمة قيادة مركبة آلية تحت تأثير المواد المخدرة دون العقوبة التكميلية. أثر ذلك: إلغاء ما قضي به الحكم المستأنف في تلك الجريمة والتأييد فيما قضي به من عقوبة تكميلية. مثال. ١٤- تداخل العقوبة:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٧٦/٢٠٠٥ جزائي جلسة ٢٧/٦/٢٠٠٦ القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع عشر ص ١٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 421. PDF pages: 418.

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