Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1708

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

English translation of the principle

The civil action ancillary to the criminal action. The criminal court does not have recourse therein to the Code of Civil Procedure unless the Code of Criminal Procedure expressly so provides and where it lacks a provision concerning what the Code of Civil Procedure regulates.
Arabic original
الدعوى المدنية التابعة للدعوى الجزائية. لا ترجع المحكمة الجزائية فيها على قانون المرافعات إلا إذا نص قانون الإجراءات على ذلك صراحة وعند خلوه من نص على ما نظمه قانون المرافعات.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤٢/١٩٨١ جزائي جلسة ٢١/١٢/١٩٨١ القسم الأول المجلد الثالث ص ٢٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 441. PDF pages: 438.

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