Promulgating the Penal Code (Kuwait, Law No. 16, 1960) in English

Law No. 16 of 1960 promulgates the Kuwaiti Penal Code, still the foundation of substantive criminal law in Kuwait more than six decades on. It sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility and the catalogue of offences against persons, property, public order and the state, as amended by later legislation over the years.

Criminal defence lawyers with Kuwaiti matters, employers assessing conduct-related exposure in the State, and comparative criminal-law researchers — Kuwait's code is among the Gulf's oldest — are the typical readers of this translation.