Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 368

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

English translation of the principle

The offence of unlawful exaction. Its criterion. That the public official be competent to collect sums due to the State, or that this be among the requirements of his office or entrusted to him. - The official’s collecting outside the scope of his office and taking what is not due or an excess over it, or where a person without competence assigns him to collect. This does not constitute the offence of unlawful exaction, but may constitute the offence of bribery.
Arabic original
جريمة الغدر. مناطها. أن يكون الموظف العام مختصاً بتحصيل المبالغ المستحقة للدولة أو يكون من مقتضيات وظيفته أو منوطاً به. - قيام الموظف بالتحصيل خارج نطاق وظيفته وأخذه ما ليس مستحقاً أو زيادة عليه أو إذا كلفه شخص غير مختص بالتحصيل. لا تقوم به جريمة الغدر وقد تقوم به جريمة الرشوة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٦/١٩٩١ جزائي جلسة ٧/١٠/١٩٩١ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص٤٨٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 92. PDF pages: 89.

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