Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 979

The material element in the offence of using a document that has lost its legal force. Is use. Its nature: the offender’s performance - 264 - Penal of a positive act by which he uses the document that has lost its legal force and relies upon what is recorded therein. The criterion in this regard is the act performed by the offender, irrespective of how that act may be construed in the mind of another. Its inference. A matter of fact. The limit thereof. - Criminal intent in the offence of using a document that has lost its legal force. Its nature. Discussing it and the other elements of that offence separately. Not necessary. The condition thereof. Its inference. A matter of fact. Setting out the facts and circumstances indicating its existence. Sufficient to answer the challenge that the offence is absent.