Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 771

Payment of the cheque’s value to the person entitled to its value before the final judgment is rendered. Its effect. The court may exempt the accused from punishment. Payment of its value to someone other than the person entitled to it. Does not permit the court to exercise that discretion. - 217 - Criminal Law. - Issuance of the cheque to bearer or to the order of a specified person or at his direction. Its effect. He may negotiate it by commercial methods, and ownership passes by endorsement to the endorsee. Payment of its value to the first payee rather than the endorsee, and the court’s exemption of the respondent from punishment. An error in applying the law. - Matters that do not affect the establishment of the offence of issuing a cheque without funds:-