Title

Kuwait: Law No. 16 of 1960 promulgating the Penal Code

Date of adoption

2 June 1960

Last amended by Law No. 84/ 2003

Entry into force

In effect

Text versions

Arabic

Source:

– Legal Information Network of the Gulf Cooperation Council, last accessed: 18 August 2013,

Abstract

Art. 185 stipulates that anyone bringing in or taking out of Kuwait any individual with the intention of enslaving him/ her, buys, sells or gifts another person as a slave may be punished with imprisonment for a period of time not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding 375 Kuwaiti Dinars or either of those two penalties.