Article 214 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

There is no offence if the defamation concerns a fact whose disclosure the court considers required by the public interest. This includes, in particular: First: Where the statements or expressions contain an opinion on the conduct of a public official or a person entrusted with a public service concerning an incident relating to the duties of his office or the service entrusted to him, to the extent revealed by that incident. Second: Where the statements or expressions contain criticism or a judgment of any kind concerning any scientific, literary or artistic work presented by its author to the public in the expectation that it would express its opinion on it. Third: Where the statements or expressions are made by a person who, under a provision of law or a contract, has authority to supervise and direct another, and contain criticism of his conduct in a matter falling within that authority and to the extent revealed by his conduct in that matter. Fourth: Where the statements or expressions contain a complaint submitted to a person who, by law or under a contract, has authority to examine or adjudicate complaints relating to the conduct of a particular person while performing particular work, provided that the statements or expressions are confined to facts relating to the work concerning which the person to whom the complaint is submitted has jurisdiction to examine complaints. Fifth: Where the person making the statements or expressions intends thereby to protect an interest of his own or another recognised by law, whose protection through these statements or expressions is not prohibited, provided that the extent necessary to achieve that protection is observed.