Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 56

An appeal in cassation is permissible only against judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal in felony matters. The basis therefor. - Methods of challenging criminal judgments are governed by the law in force when the judgment challenged was rendered. - The challenged judgment's issuance while the provisions of Law 3 of 2006 concerning Publications and Publishing, which permitted appeals in cassation in publishing misdemeanours, were in force. Its effect: the permissibility of appeals in cassation against judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal in misdemeanours of defamation through publication. C- In terms of those addressed by its provisions: