Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 756

The commission of several offences for a single purpose, indivisibly connected with one another. Its effect. The penalty prescribed for the most serious of them, or for one of them if they carry identical penalties, must be imposed. Article 84 of the Penal Code. The criterion for this. Two conditions must be met: unity of purpose and indivisibility. - Unity of purpose. Its meaning: the offender seeks through his multiple offences to attain one goal, meaning that they arise from one motive, which requires unity of the right infringed. - Indivisibility. Its meaning: the existence of a close connection between the offences that makes them a criminal unity. - Issuing several cheques, all or some without funds, in favour of one person on one day in respect of one transaction, regardless of the date borne by each or the amount for which it was issued. This constitutes indivisible criminal activity. Its effect. Punishing their perpetrator with a single penalty. The criminal action is extinguished by the issuance of one final judgment of conviction or acquittal in any of them. No other criminal action may be brought concerning the same acts or facts.