Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1640

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

English translation of the principle

Abstention from pronouncing punishment. The criterion for ordering it. - Absence from the judgment of justifications for ordering abstention from pronouncing punishment. This vitiates it for insufficiency.
Arabic original
الامتناع عن النطق بالعقاب. مناط التقرير به. - خلو الحكم من مبررات التقرير بالامتناع عن النطق بالعقاب. يعيبه بالقصور.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٤/١٩٩٧ جزائي جلسة ٢٢/٦/١٩٩٨ 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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