Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 794

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

English translation of the principle

Punishment for forgery of bank documents. Its prerequisite. The document's issuance, or its being of a kind to be issued, by an employee of a bank competent to draw it up or intervene in it. When the entire document is deemed issued by the competent person and when the forgery is confined to part of it. Example concerning forgery of a cheque endorsement. - 222 - Criminal Law
Arabic original
العقاب على التزوير في أوراق البنوك. مناطه. صدور الورقة أو أن يكون من شأنها أن تصدر عن مستخدم بأحد البنوك مختص بتحريرها أو بالتدخل فيها. متى تعد الورقة كلها صادرة عن المختص ومتى يقتصر التزوير على جزء منها. مثال بشأن تزوير تظهير شيك. - ٢٢٢ - الجزاء
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٢/١٩٨٩ جزائي جلسة ١٥/١/١٩٩٠ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص٥١٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 222. PDF pages: 219.

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