Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 800

The legislature's amendment of the penalty for the cheque offence, making it a misdemeanour instead of a felony. Its import: the judgment rendered therein may not be challenged by cassation. - The criterion for the permissibility of an appeal is the characterization of the incident as charged in the proceedings. The import thereof: a judgment may be challenged by cassation if the criminal proceedings were instituted on the characterization of a felony before the entry into force - 224 - Penal Law of Law 84 of 2003, which made the cheque offence a misdemeanour. - The penalty for the cheque offence when leniency is exercised:-