Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 353

The offence of bribery. Established if a public official requests or accepts a promise or gift to perform an act or refrain from an act of his office. Mere request or acceptance. Sufficient to establish it. - The general rule is that the act requested of the official falls within his official duties pursuant to legal competence or an administrative assignment. It suffices that he has a share in the work and that a relationship exists between his work and the act he is requested to perform. The challenged judgment’s adherence to this view. The ground of challenge in this regard. Without foundation.