Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1668

Having sexual intercourse with a female who has not exceeded 15 years of age is punishable by life imprisonment. 187/1, Penal Code. Establishment that she exceeded that age and that Art. 188/1 applies to the incident, punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years. Imposition of imprisonment with labor for seven years, with the exercise of leniency under Article 83, without the court giving the incident its correct characterization. Error. Reason therefor. It was possible that it would have reduced the punishment below that to which it reduced it but for this error.