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Article 78 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

English translation

When imposing a penalty for a felony or an intentional misdemeanor, the judge may order the confiscation of seized things that were used or were capable of being used in committing the offense and things obtained from it, without prejudice to the rights of good-faith third parties in those things. If the manufacture, possession or dealing in the things mentioned in the preceding paragraph constitutes an offense in itself, the judge must order their confiscation even if a good-faith third party has a right in them. Article 79 (1) Law Index 120 Home Page (1) Amended pursuant to Law No. 58 of 1986 Kuwaiti Penal Code Law No. 16 of 1960 Promulgating the Penal Code and Its Amendments Every sentence of imprisonment imposed on a foreign national permits the judge to order his deportation from Kuwait after completion of the execution of his sentence, without prejudice to the administrative authority's right to deport any foreign national in accordance with the law. If a foreign national is sentenced to a felony penalty or a custodial penalty for an offense involving dishonor or breach of trust, the judge shall order his deportation from Kuwait after execution of the sentence. The Public Prosecution must, immediately upon completion of the execution of the sentence, notify the administrative authority of the judge's order, and that authority must execute it.
Arabic original
يجوز للقاضي إذا حكم بعقوبة من أجل جناية أو جنحة عمدية أن يقضي بمصادرة الأشياء المضبوطة التي استعملت أو كان من شأنها أن تستعمل في ارتكاب الجريمة والاشياء التي تحصلت منها ، وذلك دون مساس بحقوق الغير حسن النية على هذه الاشياء. فاذا كانت الاشياء المذكورة في الفقرة السابقة يعد صنعها أو حيازتها أو التعامل فيها جريمة في ذاته، تعين على القاضي أن يحكم بمصادرتها ولو تعلـق بـهـا حـق للغير حسن النية.

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