Article 58 مكرر of Kuwaiti Penal Code

Any competent public official who refuses to execute an enforceable judicial judgment after ninety days have elapsed from his being warned by a process server through ordinary means or any modern electronic means of communication in accordance with the service procedures prescribed in the aforementioned Civil and Commercial Procedure Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine of not less than three thousand dinars and not exceeding twenty thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties. The penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than two thousand dinars and not exceeding ten thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties, if the official uses his official authority to obstruct execution of the judgment, all with due regard to the provision of the fifth paragraph of Article One of the aforementioned Decree-Law 20 of 1980. The court may order the dismissal of the public official if he violates the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. The Public Prosecution alone shall have jurisdiction to investigate, dispose of and prosecute this offence. The criminal proceedings shall lapse at whatever stage they have reached if the official executes the judgment.