Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 716
State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Pardon in the offence of theft committed by persons other than the victim’s ascendants or descendants. There is no scope for it. The basis for this. The offences specified in Article 240 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in which individual pardon is permitted, are exhaustively enumerated.
Arabic original
العفو في جريمة السرقة من غير أصول المجني عليه أو فروعه. لا محل له. أساس ذلك. الجرائم المنصوص عليها بالمادة ٢٤٠ إ. ج والتي أجيز فيها العفو الفردي وردت على سبيل الحصر.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٠٨/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٣٠/١٠/٢٠٠١ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص١٩٩)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 202. PDF pages: 199.
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