Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 634

The effect of the female victim's waiver in the offense of adultery. An exception to the general rules. Its implication: it must be confined to the offense of adultery and the person of the offender without extension. - 174 - Criminal Law - The offense of sexual intercourse with a female who has attained fifteen but has not attained twenty-one years of age differs in its legal elements and is independent of the offense criminalized by Article 194 of the Penal Code and the offense of adultery. The respondent's wife's waiver concerning the offense of adultery has no effect on the first offense. The challenged judgment's contravention of this and its ruling that the action is inadmissible. An error in the application of the law. Requiring its cassation.