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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 220 of Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials

English translation

If the person sentenced to imprisonment has spent a period in pretrial detention in connection with the case in which judgment was rendered, the period of pretrial detention must be deducted from the term of imprisonment imposed when it is enforced.
Arabic original
إذا كان المحكوم عليه بعقوبة الحبس قد أمضي مدة في الحبس الاحتياطي على ذمة القضية التي صدر الحكم فيها ، وجب خصم مدة الحبس الاحتياطي من مدة الحبس المحكوم بها عند تنفيذها.

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