Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 749

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The drawer’s signing in blank without entering the remaining particulars of the cheque. Does not affect its validity. The condition for that. - Giving the cheque to the beneficiary without recording its particulars. Its import. Authorising the beneficiary to enter those particulars. The effect thereof. The burden of proving the existence and extent of this authorisation is removed from the beneficiary and transferred to whoever alleges the contrary of - 212 - Penal matters the apparent position. Example.
Arabic original
توقيع الساحب على بياض دون تحرير باقي بيانات الشيك. لا يؤثر على صحته. شرط ذلك. - إعطاء الشيك للمستفيد دون إثبات بياناته. مفاده. تفويضه في وضع تلك البيانات. أثر ذلك. انحسار عبء إثبات وجود هذا التفويض ومداه عنه وانتقاله إلى من يدعى خلاف - ٢١٢ - الجزاء الظاهر. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٤/١٩٩٧ جزائي جلسة ١٩/١/١٩٩٨ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٢٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 212. PDF pages: 209–210.

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