Article 223 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

Theft shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding three hundred and seventy-five dinars, or by either of these two penalties, in each of the following cases: First: If the theft concerns a register that the law requires to be prepared to record specified particulars. Second: If it concerns a document establishing ownership of immovable property or establishing any right in rem therein. Third: If it concerns a will or any other document having the legal effect of a will, whether the testator is alive or dead. Fourth: If it concerns things whose value exceeds two hundred and twenty-five dinars in the possession of a public official competent in that regard, or in the possession of a representative of a legal person, or in the possession of another person on behalf of either of the aforementioned. Fifth: If it concerns postal parcels while being transported by post.