Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 42

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

English translation of the principle

A Kuwaiti committing an offence outside the country. The condition for punishing him upon his return. The offence must be punishable under the law of the country in which it occurred, and the foreign courts must not have 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 ص٥٩٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 18. PDF pages: 15.

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