Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 977

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

English translation of the principle

Criminal intent in the offence of using an instrument that has lost its legal force. Its establishment. The offender must know that the instrument he uses has lost its legal force for one of the reasons referred to in Article 261 of the Penal Code, intending to create the impression that the instrument still retains its legal force. The judgment's express discussion of this intent. Unnecessary. The limit of this.
Arabic original
القصد الجنائي في جريمة استعمال محرر فقد قوته القانونية. توافره. أن يكون الجاني عالماً بأن المحرر الذي يستعمله قد فقد قوته القانونية بسبب من الأسباب المشار إليها في المادة ٢٦١ جزاء قاصداً الإيهام بأن المحرر لا يزال حافظاً لقوته القانونية. تحدث الحكم صراحة عن هذا القصد. غير لازم. حد ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٠٢/٢٠٠٦ جزائي جلسة ٨/٥/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 264. PDF pages: 261.

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