Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 45

The territorial application of the Penal Code to every offence committed in Kuwait, whoever - 18 - Penal Law its perpetrator may be, Kuwaiti or foreign. The basis therefor. Article 11 of the Penal Code. - Commission of the offence of abduction in Kuwait. Its effect. The Kuwaiti Penal Code must be applied to the facts of the case. - The Kuwaiti Penal Code does not require custody of the minor for the offence of abducting him to be established where the abductor is one of his parents, so long as the marital relationship subsists. Challenging the judgment for error in applying the law because the appellant's wife had not obtained a final judgment granting her custody of the two minors pursuant to the provisions of American law. Incorrect.