Enactment of the Penal Code (Bahrain, Amiri Decree No. 15, 1976) in English

Amiri Decree No. 15 of 1976 enacts the Bahrain Penal Code, the statute that has defined criminal offences and penalties in Bahrain for nearly five decades. It covers the general principles of criminal responsibility and the specific offences — against the state, public order, persons, property and morals — as amended repeatedly since.

The code is the daily reference for criminal practitioners in Bahrain, for employers and compliance teams assessing exposure in the Kingdom, and for researchers on Gulf criminal law, where Bahrain's code is one of the earlier modern examples.