Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 167

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

English translation of the principle

The legal excuse exempting from punishment perpetrators of the felonies of counterfeiting or forging banknotes criminalized under Articles 263, 264, 265 of the Penal Code. Its cases: their informing the authorities thereof before completion or before the search for them begins, or their facilitating the arrest of the remaining participants in their commission.
Arabic original
العذر القانوني الذي يعفي مرتكبي جنايات تقليد أو تزوير أوراق النقد المؤثمة بالمواد ٢٦٣، ٢٦٤، ٢٦٥ ق الجزاء من العقاب. حالاته: إخبارهم السلطات بها قبل تمامها أو قبل الشروع في البحث عنهم أو تسهيلهم القبض على باقي المساهمين في ارتكابها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢٥/٢٠٠٤ جزائي جلسة ٢٨/٦/٢٠٠٥ القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث عشر ص٣٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 44. PDF pages: 41.

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