Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 332
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A Kuwaiti's commission of a crime outside the country. The condition for punishing him upon his return. That the crime be punishable under the law of the country in which it occurred and that the foreign courts have not acquitted him.
Arabic original
ارتكاب الكويتي لجريمة خارج البلاد. شرط عقابه حين عودته. أن تكون الجريمة معاقباً عليها في قانون البلد التي وقعت فيه وألا تكون المحاكم الأجنبية قد برأته.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٤٤/١٩٨٨ جزائي جلسة ١٥/٥/١٩٨٩ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص ٣٦٤)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 81. PDF pages: 78.
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