Disability Law
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- Article 1In applying the provisions of this Law, the following shall mean: 1- Person with a disability: Anyone suffering from permanent total or partial impairments that result…
- Article 2The provisions of this Law shall apply to Kuwaitis with disabilities and shall also apply to the children of a Kuwaiti woman by a non-Kuwaiti, within the limits of the…
- Article 3A non-Kuwaiti person with a disability born to a Kuwaiti mother shall, from birth, be treated as a Kuwaiti for life by a decision issued by the Minister of Interior in…
- Article 4Taking into account the special needs of persons with disabilities and making the necessary accommodation arrangements, the Government shall provide regular, integrated…
- Article 5The Government shall take all effective administrative measures and provide the necessary equipment to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy their civil and…
- Article 6The Government shall take all effective administrative and organizational measures to ensure that the State's development plans and programs and the Government's work…
- Article 7The Government shall provide guidance, preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitation services at all health centres and facilities in the country, taking into account the…
- Article 9The Government shall provide educational and pedagogical services and educational aids to persons with disabilities, including the two categories of slow learners and…
- Article 10The Government shall make all administrative and organizational arrangements required to integrate persons with disabilities, including the two categories of slow…
- Article 11The Government shall be obliged to allocate to persons with disabilities a proportion of the places in study missions and scholarships that it provides through all…
- Article 12The Government shall provide habilitation and training centres, rehabilitation centres and training workshops for persons with disabilities, and seductive care homes for…
- Article 13The Authority shall, in agreement with the concerned entity, determine the training and rehabilitation stages, the conditions for admitting persons with disabilities to…
- Article 14Government and private entities and the oil sector employing at least fifty Kuwaiti workers shall be required to employ vocationally qualified persons with disabilities…
- Article 15The various employing entities shall identify vacant occupations and posts for persons with (1) Amended by Law No. 73 of 2020 Law Index 870 Home Page Disability Law Law…
- Article 16The Authority shall determine the necessary procedures sufficient to prevent all forms of abusive exploitation of persons with disabilities at work.
- Article 17The State shall guarantee the right of persons with disabilities to enjoy promotions, employment privileges and bonuses in the governmental, private and oil sectors, and…
- Article 18All official bodies in the State, particularly those concerned with youth and sports affairs, shall take the necessary measures to ensure the establishment, in all…
- Article 19The Government shall work to encourage athletes with disabilities to engage in sporting activities and to place them on an equal footing with others in respect of…
- Article 20Governmental and private entities shall, when constructing facilities and buildings for public use, comply with the general design referred to in Article (1) of this Law.
- Article 21It is a condition for licensing public means of transport, as well as private vehicles for public use, that they be equipped with appropriate means to serve persons with…
- Article 22The Authority shall work to raise community awareness of the rights of persons with disabilities that preserve their humanity and dignity through: 1 - Educating and…
- Article 23The Ministry of Information shall take the necessary measures to provide a sign-language interpreter in visual media when broadcasting its news and cultural programmes,…
- Article 24The family shall be obliged to ensure its concerted cooperation in providing care for its members with disabilities whose inability to care for themselves is established…
- Article 25A person with a disability who has full legal capacity shall choose the person who will provide care for him from among the husband, wife, or relatives up to the third…
- Article 26The Authority shall appoint supervisors with social or psychological expertise to supervise the care of persons with disabilities. They shall have the right to obtain…
- Article 27The person entrusted with caring for the person with a disability shall notify the Authority in writing in the event of the death of the person receiving care, or in the…
- Article 28The Authority may request the court to replace the person entrusted with care or refer the person with a disability to one of the care homes affiliated with the Ministry…
- Article 29A monthly allowance shall be paid to a person with a disability until the age of 18 years, the amount of which shall be determined by the Authority on the basis of a…
- Article 30The provisions of the following Articles of this Chapter shall apply to persons with severe and moderate disabilities unless there is a provision to the contrary.
- Article 31Kuwaiti persons with disabilities shall be paid, by the Credit and Savings Bank, a marriage grant equal to that received by their peers without disabilities, even if the…
- Article 32Persons with disabilities and their families who meet the conditions for entitlement to housing welfare shall be entitled to a grant of ten thousand dinars in addition…
- Article 33A family one of whose members is a person with a disability shall be entitled to the real estate loan from the Credit and Savings Bank. The provision of Article 30 of…
- Article 34Persons with disabilities, or their families, who satisfy the conditions for eligibility for housing welfare shall, on the basis of the Technical Committee's report, be…
- Article 35A Kuwaiti woman married to a non-Kuwaiti who cares for a child or husband with a severe disability shall be granted housing with special specifications for the purpose…
- Article 36The social allowance prescribed by law for children shall be increased by 100% of its original value for each child with a disability, and children with disabilities…
- Article 37A person with a disability shall be exempt from paying government fees for public services.
- Article 38As an exception to the provisions of the aforementioned Civil Service Law and Regulations, a female employee with a disability shall be entitled to special leave with…
- Article 40A male employee and a female employee with a mild, moderate or severe disability, and a male employee and a female employee assigned to care for a person with a moderate…
- Article 41As an exception to the provisions of the Social Insurance Law and the Military Pensions Law, an insured person or beneficiary whom the competent technical committee…
- Article 42 مكررA male or female employee with a moderate or severe disability, or a person charged with caring for a person with a moderate or severe disability, shall have the right…
- Article 43A person with a disability who is incapable of work shall be entitled to a disability pension in accordance with the conditions and arrangements prescribed by a decision…
- Article 44Rehabilitative and prosthetic tools and devices and individuals' vehicles equipped for use by persons with disabilities shall be exempt from fees and taxes of all kinds.…
- Article 46A person with a disability shall be granted a disability card ensuring enjoyment of the services and benefits prescribed in this Law, provided that it specifies the…
- Article 48The Authority shall be competent to perform all activities and tasks that ensure the care of persons with disabilities 1( Added pursuant to Law No. 73 of 2020. and their…
- Article 49Law Index 876 Home Page Disability Law Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Authority shall have a Supreme Council responsible for…
- Article 50Public-benefit associations and clubs operating in the field of disability shall meet to nominate and select their representatives on the Supreme Council and the Board…
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- Article 51The Authority shall have a Director General appointed by decree upon nomination by the President, at the grade of Undersecretary of a Ministry, from among specialists…
- Article 52The Authority shall have a Board of Directors constituted by a decision of the Supreme Council, chaired by the Director General and comprising the following members: 1 -…
- Article 53The Supreme Council shall issue the internal regulations of the Board of Directors upon the proposal of the Board of Directors. These regulations shall include, in…
- Article 54The Board of Directors shall have competence over the following: 1 - Implementing the general policy of the Authority. 2 - Issuing decisions and regulations concerning…
- Article 55The Authority shall have a budget annexed to the State budget, prepared by the Director General and approved by the Board of Directors. The Authority's fiscal year shall…
- Article 56The Authority's resources shall consist of the amounts allocated to it annually in the State budget and the subsidies, gifts, and bequests accepted by the Board of…
- Article 57The Council of Ministers shall, upon the proposal of the Supreme Council, issue its decision specifying the entities and departments whose affiliation and functions…
- Article 58Employees working at the Supreme Council for Disabled Persons' Affairs, issued under Law No. 94 of 1996 concerning the Care of Disabled Persons, shall be transferred to…
- Article 59مع عدم الإخلال بأي عقوبة أشد ينص عليها قانون آخر يعاقب بالحبس مدة لا تتجاوز عشر سنوات وبغرامة لا تجاوز ألفي دينار كويتي كل من ارتكب فعلا من الأفعال الآتية: ۱ - من ارتكب…
- Article 60Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for by another law, anyone who assumes the status of a disabled person legally entitled to receive certain funds…
- Article 61Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, any person charged with caring for a person with a disability, whatever the source of that…
- Article 62Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding one thousand Kuwaiti…
- Article 63Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, any person who uses parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities without entitlement…
- Article 64Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for by another law, an employer or the person responsible for it who refuses, without an acceptable excuse, to…
- Article 65The Authority shall review the value of the financial allocations granted to a person with a disability every three years from the date of implementation of the…
- Article 66The Public Institution for Social Security shall be entrusted with implementing the provisions governing pensions prescribed under this Law, and the provisions of the…
- Article 67No public employee or person entrusted with a public service may intercede in any form with any entity concerned with the affairs of persons with disabilities on behalf…
- Article 68The Authority shall designate those charged (Friends of Persons with Disabilities) with applying the provisions of this Law and the decisions Home Page 880 Law Index…
- Article 69The Public Treasury shall bear the financial burdens resulting from the application of this Law.
- Article 70The aforementioned Law No. (49) of 1996 and every provision contrary to the provisions of this Law are repealed. All decisions issued in implementation thereof shall…
- Article 71This Law shall take effect three months after the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
- Article 72The Prime Minister and Ministers—each within his respective competence—shall implement this Law. Amir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Issued at Seif Palace…