Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 67

Pleading ignorance of criminal law and the laws supplementing it as a pretext to justify committing any offence or to negate criminal intent. Inadmissible. The reason therefor. Borrowing the knowledge of criminal law of everyone present in the State's territory. The basis therefor. - Ignorance of the law as an excuse is not a ground of justification. The basis therefor. - There is no offence and no criminal responsibility for anyone who commits an act in exercise of a right conferred on him by law. The condition therefor. Pleading ignorance or mistake of law. Inadmissible. - The two offences of possessing and holding an unlicensed firearm and possessing ammunition. Require general criminal intent. The criterion for its establishment. Motive has no effect on the existence of the elements of the offence. An example of a reasonable response concerning the inadmissibility of the plea of ignorance of criminal law.