Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 911

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

English translation of the principle

The offence of forgery of an official document provided for in Articles 257, 259/1 of the Penal Code. Its establishment: whenever the photocopy does not represent a copy of a genuine original but is a copy fabricated in the likeness of a genuine copy of the official document, although this is contrary to the truth, such that whoever sees it when it is presented to him is deceived by it.
Arabic original
جريمة التزوير في محرر رسمي المنصوص عليها في المادتين ٢٥٧، ٢٥٩/١ جزاء. تحققها: متى كانت الصورة الضوئية لا تمثل صورة لأصل صحيح وإنما هي صورة اصطنعت على غرار الصورة الصحيحة للمحرر الرسمي مع أن ذلك يخالف الحقيقة بحيث ينخدع فيها من يقع نظره عليها عند تقديمها إليه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٨٥/٢٠٠١ جزائي جلسة ٢٢/٧/٢٠٠٣ القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني عشر ص٦٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 251. PDF pages: 248.

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