Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 597

The general rule in proving age is that only an official birth certificate is recognized, or that it be estimated by the medical authority, and it is calculated according to the Gregorian calendar. The basis: Article 2 of Law 3 of 1983 concerning Juveniles. - The validity of the challenged judgment's reliance on the assessment of the female victim's age in the crime of indecent assault without coercion, threat, or deception, the female victim not having attained twenty-one years of age, based on the birth date recorded on the civil identification card, on the basis that what is recorded therein is the same as what is recorded in the female victim's birth certificate. Legally correct. - A manifestly unfounded legal defense. The court's disregarding it. Does not vitiate its judgment. An example. Sixth: Attempt to commit the crime: -