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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 194 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

English translation

Anyone who has sexual intercourse with a woman who has attained twenty-one years of age, with her consent, where she is not within a degree of relationship prohibited to him, and who is caught in the act of committing the offence, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and not less than six months. The same penalty shall be imposed on the woman who consented to this act. 2- Adultery
Arabic original
كل مــن واقــع امــرأة بلغــت الحاديــة والعشريــن برضاهــا، ولم تكــن محرمــا منــه، وضبــط متلبســا بالجريمــة، يعاقــب بالحبــس مــدة لا تجــاوز ثلاث ســنوات ولا تقــل عــن ســتة أشــهر. ويحكم بالعقوبة نفسها على المرأة التي رضيت بهذا الفعل.

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