Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 780

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

English translation of the principle

Criminalization of delivery of a cheque by a person other than the drawer. Its case. Issuance of a bearer cheque. Inclusion of the beneficiary's name in the cheque. Its effect. This offence is not established. - The judgment's conviction of the appellant on the charge of delivering a cheque payable to bearer knowing that there was no balance sufficient to pay its value, despite the beneficiary's name being stated therein. A violation of the law and an error in its application requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
التجريم في واقعة تسليم الشيك بواسطة شخص أخر غير الساحب. حالته. صدور الشيك لحامله. تضمن الشيك اسم المستفيد. أثره. لا قيام لهذه الجريمة. - قضاء الحكم بإدانة الطاعن بتهمة تسليم شيك مستحق الدفع لحامله مع علمه بعدم وجود رصيد يكفي للوفاء بقيمته بالرغم من ذكر اسم المستفيد به. مخالفة للقانون وخطأ في تطبيقه توجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩٠/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ٢٦/٦/٢٠٠٠ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٢٢٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 219. PDF pages: 216.

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