Article 87 of Kuwaiti Penal Code

Conditional release may be granted to any person sentenced to imprisonment who has served three-quarters of the term imposed on him, provided that the period served is not less than one full year, if his conduct and behaviour during that period have been good and his release would not lead to a breach of security. If the sentence imposed is life imprisonment, the period served by the convicted person must not be less than twenty years. (1) Amended by Law No. 72 of 1976. Law Index 122 Home Page Kuwaiti Penal Code Law No. 16 of 1960 Promulgating the Penal Code and its Amendments Release shall be conditional for the remaining term of the sentence, or for five years if the sentence is life imprisonment. The competent authority may order that the released person be placed throughout this period under the supervision of a person it appoints, and shall determine the conditions with which the released person must comply. It shall warn him that breach of these conditions constitutes grounds for revocation of release.