Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 554

The two offences of sexual intercourse with a female without coercion, threat or deception, and detaining her in circumstances other than those prescribed by law. They are not offences for which proceedings may be instituted only upon the victim's complaint, nor do they fall within the offences in which settlement or an individual pardon is permissible. The import thereof: the female victim's father's waiver has no effect and does not exempt the appellant from punishment.