Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 67

Summary: - The court's specification of the duration of a juvenile's placement in a juvenile care institution. Not required. Article 6/d of the Juveniles Law. - The placement period ends when the juvenile reaches twenty-one years of age. Article 13 of the Juveniles Law. The court may terminate or modify it upon the application of the Juvenile Prosecution, even if he has not attained that age. Rule: The articles of Law No. 3 of 1983 concerning Juveniles contain no provision requiring the court to specify a particular duration for an order it issues imposing the measure of placement in a juvenile care institution provided for in item (d) of Article Six of that law. Article 13 thereof provides that the measure shall necessarily terminate when the juvenile reaches twenty-one years of age. Article 33 of the same law also provides that (The court that issued the judgment against the juvenile may at any time reconsider the judgment or order it issued by terminating or modifying it upon the application of the Juvenile Prosecution, provided that the application is accompanied by the reports submitted to it by the authorities competent for juvenile care whenever it is considered that the measure imposed is unsuitable for the juvenile's condition. Upon reconsideration, no measures other than those set out in this law may be imposed. The import of these two Articles is that the measure of placement in a juvenile care institution, although the legislature has not specified a particular duration for it, necessarily terminates when the juvenile reaches twenty-one years of age. The court may also terminate or modify it upon the application of the Juvenile Prosecution even if the juvenile has not attained that age. Accordingly, the appellant's criticism of the challenged judgment for error in applying the law by failing to specify a duration for the measure of placement in a juvenile care institution is unsound.