Setting fire in the forest – lack of criminal intent – court legal description País/Territorio Marruecos Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Feb 18, 2009 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Court of Cassation Sede de la corte Rabat Idioma Inglés Resumen As long as the defendant denied his intention to set fire in the forest and confirms that he only forgot to put it off after making tea, the court was right to reconsider the legal description of facts and apply the appropriate description which is provisions of Article 607 of the criminal code instead of Article 581 of the same code, on the ground that there is a lack of criminal intent.Request rejected Disponible en Court of Cassation’s Decisions on the environment