Kuwait Law No. 17/1960 Promulgating the Criminal Procedures Law
Criminal Procedure Law
Amended by:
Kuwait Law No. 30/1961 dated 26/10/1961
Kuwait Law No. 27/1965 dated 01/07/1965
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 7/1981 dated 24/01/1981
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 45/1987 dated 08/08/1987
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 54/1987 dated 06/12/1987
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 23/1990 dated 10/03/1990
Kuwait Law No. 6/1996 dated 05/02/1996
Kuwait Law No. 73/2003 dated 01/07/2003
Kuwait Law No. 74/2003 dated 01/07/2003
Kuwait Law No. 3/2012 dated 31/05/2012
Kuwait Law No. 29/2016 dated 28/06/2016
Kuwait Law No. 35/2016 dated 18/07/2016
Kuwait Law No. 11/2020 dated 16/07/2020
Kuwait Law No. 1/2021 dated 12/04/2021*[1] and
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 104/2024 dated 30/09/2024
Kuwait Decree-Law No. 62/2025 dated 13/04/2025
*[2]
We, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,
Based on the proposal of the President of Justice,
With the approval of the Supreme Council,
Have decided the following Law:
Article 1
The Criminal Procedures Law enclosed with this Law shall come into force and shall abrogate any provisions in contradiction therewith.