Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 693

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The judge’s recourse to experts to estimate age or his estimating it himself. Its condition: that age is not established by official documents. The judgment’s reliance, in assessing the female victim’s age, on the female victim’s birth certificate, which it trusted. The challenge thereto. Has no basis.
Arabic original
استعانة القاضي بأهل الخبرة لتقدير السن أو تقديره بنفسه. شرطه: ألا يكون السن محقق بأوراق رسمية. استناد الحكم في تقدير سن المجني عليها على شهادة ميلاد المجني عليها التي اطمأن إليها. النعي على ذلك. لا محل له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠/١٩٧٦ جزائي جلسة ٧/٦/١٩٧٦ مج ٧ سنوات ص ٤٣٣) (والطعن ٥٠/١٩٨٨ جزائي جلسة ٢٣/٥/١٩٨٦ القسم الثاني – المجلد الرابع ص ٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 267. PDF pages: 260.

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