Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3654

The right to impose a sentence of imprisonment or adopt the therapeutic measure of placement in a treatment facility where addiction is established, as prescribed in Article 33/1, 2 of Law 4 of 1983 concerning the combating of narcotics. A discretionary right of the court of merits. The challenged judgment’s adherence to this view and its not regarding the period of placement in the psychiatric treatment facility as a custodial penalty. Its conformity with the action taken by the administrative authority. Correct in fact and law. The challenge thereto in this respect. Unfounded. 37- Its authority to interpret judgments:-