Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 956

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

English translation of the principle

A statement issued by one party, not by a competent official, and amounting to no more than information capable of being true or false. An individual declaration, not an alteration of the truth punishable as forgery. The competent official's failure to verify it does not affect this. Example.
Arabic original
البيان الصادر من طرف واحد ومن غير موظف مختص ولا يعدو خبراً يحتمل الصدق والكذب. إقرار فردي وليس تغييراً للحقيقة يعاقب عليه في التزوير. لا يؤثر في ذلك تقاعس الموظف المختص عن مراجعته. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٦٤/١٩٨٥ جزائي جلسة ١٧/٢/١٩٨٦ القسم الأول المجلد الثالث ص٢٢٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 260. PDF pages: 257.

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