Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1639

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

English translation of the principle

Application of mitigating circumstances. Their effect is confined to principal punishments, not supplementary ones, including dismissal from office, restitution and the proportional fine provided for in Article 50 of Law 31 of 1970 amending provisions of the Penal Code. - The judgment’s refraining from pronouncing punishment for the offence of appropriating State property and adding the aforementioned supplementary punishments. No defect.
Arabic original
إعمال الظروف المخففة. اقتصار أثرها على العقوبات الأصلية دون التكميلية ومنها العزل والرد والغرامة النسبية المنصوص عليها في المادة ٥٠ من ق ٣١ لسنة ١٩٧٠ بتعديل أحكام ق الجزاء. - قضاء الحكم بالامتناع عن النطق بالعقاب في جريمة الاستيلاء على مال للدولة وإضافة العقوبات التكميلية المشار إليها. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٠/١٩٩٧ جزائي جلسة ٩/٣/١٩٩٨ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص ٣٣٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 426. PDF pages: 423.

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