Article 86 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

If the accused has previously been sentenced to a misdemeanour penalty for committing theft, fraud, breach of trust, forgery, or an attempt to commit any of these offences, and it is established that, within 5 years from the date of the said judgment, he committed one of the foregoing offences or attempted to commit one of them, the court may sentence him to more than the maximum prescribed by law, provided that this maximum is not exceeded by more than half thereof. 4- Conditional Release