Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 846

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

English translation of the principle

When the accused is considered an accomplice to an offence before its commission. - Agreement by way of complicity is established by the parties’ unity of intent to commit the agreed act. - Assistance in the offence. Accomplished by any means. - Complicity in forgery: the criterion for its establishment. - 238 - Criminal Law
Arabic original
متى يعد المتهم شريكاً في الجريمة قبل وقوعها. - الاتفاق بطريق الاشتراك تحققه باتحاد نية أطرافه على ارتكاب الفعل المتفق عليه. - المساعدة في الجريمة. تمامها بأية وسيلة. - الاشتراك في التزوير مناط تحققه. - ٢٣٨ - الجزاء
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٣/١٩٧٧ جزائي جلسة ١٠/٤/١٩٧٨ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٣٢٩) (والطعن ٢٧٧/١٩٩٦ جزائي جلسة ٢٠/١٠/١٩٩٧ القسم الرابع المجلد السابع ص٣٩٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 238. PDF pages: 235.

Ask the assistant about this principle

Guidance based on the principle and its source details, separate from the original collection text.

Related principles

Continue your case in the legal workspace

Open legal workspace