Article 237 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

Anyone who, in bad faith, commits any of the following acts shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding five hundred dinars, or by either of these penalties: a - Issuing a cheque for which there are no existing and disposable funds for payment. b - Withdrawing, after issuing the cheque, all or part of the funds such that the remainder does not cover its value. c - Ordering the drawee not to pay the cheque. d - Deliberately drawing up or signing the cheque in a manner preventing its payment. e - Endorsing a cheque to another person or delivering to him a cheque payable to bearer, knowing that there are no funds covering its full value or that it cannot be cashed. Without prejudice to Article 532 of the aforementioned Commercial Law, criminal-law protection of a cheque shall begin only from the date stated on it. A repeat offender in any of the offences specified in the first paragraph of this Article shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in Article 86 of this Law. The court may exempt the offender from punishment if it is established that he paid the value of the cheque before the final judgment was issued. If it is established that he paid the value of the cheque after the final judgment was issued, the court that issued the judgment may order suspension of execution of the penalty imposed, upon the request of the convicted person or his representative. 1( The latest amendment to the Article was made pursuant to Law No. 84 of 2003 (1)