Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 302

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

English translation of the principle

The principal perpetrator of the offence as distinguished from others. Everyone who has the intent to contribute or the intention to intervene therein, if it occurs as a result of agreement and participation, even if it is not completed by his act alone but is completed through the act of one or more of those who intervened with him therein. Article 47, Penal Code.
Arabic original
الفاعل الأصلي للجريمة من غيره. كل من يتوافر لديه قصد المساهمة أو نية التدخل فيها إذا وقعت نتيجة الاتفاق والإسهام ولو لم يتم بفعله وحدة بل تمت بفعل واحد أو أكثر ممن تداخلوا معه فيها. م٤٧ جزاء.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦/١٩٨٥ جزائي جلسة ١٣/٥/١٩٨٥ القسم الأول المجلد الثالث ص ٢١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 75. PDF pages: 72.

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