Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 358

The offence of bribery. The criterion for its establishment on the part of a public official or a person treated as such. - Claiming competence to perform the act. Its meaning. A mere assertion, without requiring that it be accompanied by fraudulent elements or means and without that claim having an effect on the victim's belief in such competence. - Claiming competence. Exists even if the public official does not expressly disclose it. It suffices to express - 89 - Penal Law his willingness to perform an act outside his competence or to refrain from it. The reason therefor. This implicitly conveys his claim of competence or that he has a share therein.