Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 48

The Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War aims to protect civilians present in the territory of the occupied State. - The principle is that the occupying State may not repeal or suspend provisions of the penal legislation of the occupied State. Article 40, Law of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Such legislation remains in force. The effect thereof. - The plea that the Kuwaiti Penal Code was not applicable during the occupation period has no basis in the aforementioned Convention.