Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 861

The legal guardian represents the person lacking full capacity or the absentee in settling with the accused or pardoning him. Its condition: that the person lacking full capacity or the absentee be alive. The reason: there is no representation of a dead person. The basis: Article 243 of the Criminal Procedure Law. The consequence: a waiver by the legal guardian on behalf of the deceased female victim. Its issuance by a person without standing. - The crime of intentional killing. Settlement or individual pardon is not permissible in respect thereof. The reason for that.