Child Rights Law
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- Article 1Definitions: Home Page 354 Law Index Child Rights Law Law No. 21 of 2015 concerning Child Rights In this Law, unless the context requires another meaning, the following…
- Article 2Children shall be classified according to the following categories: 1 - From birth until four years of age. 2 - Four years to seven years: he and his complaint shall be…
- Article 3This Law guarantees the child all fundamental rights, including: a- The child's right to life, survival and development within a cohesive and mutually supportive family,…
- Article 4The child has the right to affiliation to his lawful parents and to enjoy their care, and has the right to establish his lawful parentage in relation to them, in…
- Article 5Law Index 355 Home Page Child Rights Law Law No. 21 of 2015 concerning Child Rights Every child has the right to have a name that distinguishes him. The name may not…
- Article 61 - Every child shall enjoy all rights, particularly the right to breastfeeding, custody, food, clothing, housing, seeing his parents, and care of his property, in…
- Article 7The provisions of Decree-Law No. (25) of 1981 concerning the practice of human medicine, dentistry, and their auxiliary professions shall apply to matters for which no…
- Article 8No person other than physicians licensed by the Ministry of Health may practise the profession of midwifery in any public or private capacity, except a person licensed…
- Article 9The provisions of Law No. (36) of 1969 concerning the Regulation of the Registration of Births and Deaths shall apply to matters for which no special provision is made…
- Article 10Births must be reported within twenty-one days from the date of birth, except for special cases requiring a medical report—and notification shall be made on Index of the…
- Article 11The persons charged with reporting a birth are: a- The child's father, if present. b- The child's mother, provided that the marital relationship is proven in the manner…
- Article 12The birth certificate must include the following particulars: a- The day and date of birth and the type of birth (single or twin). b- The child's sex (male or female),…
- Article 13The Ministry of Health must issue the birth certificate on the form prepared for that purpose upon registration of the event, containing the particulars stipulated in…
- Article 14If a newborn dies before his birth is reported, his birth must be reported and then his death. If, however, he is stillborn after the sixth month of pregnancy, reporting…
- Article 15If the birth of a Kuwaiti occurs during travel abroad, it must be reported to the Kuwaiti embassy or consulate at the traveller's destination or Law Index 357 Home Page…
- Article 16Anyone who finds a newborn child is to hand the child over—in the condition in which the child was found—to the police station, which must in turn draw up a report…
- Article 17As an exception to the preceding Article, the Ministry of Health may not mention the name of the father or mother, or both together, even if requested to do so, in the…
- Article 18The child must be vaccinated at the scheduled times and immunized with vaccines protecting against infectious diseases, free of charge at health centers affiliated with…
- Article 19Every child shall have a health card, the particulars of which shall be entered in special registers at the Ministry of Health and which shall be delivered to his father…
- Article 21The health card must be submitted with the child's enrolment papers for pre-university education. The card shall be kept in the school file, and the school physician…
- Article 22The Government shall care for the pregnant woman in terms of health and treatment during pregnancy, childbirth, and thereafter, and providing her with guidance resources…
- Article 23The provisions of Law No. (112) of 2013 concerning the establishment of the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition and all international agreements concerning food,…
- Article 24Colouring agents, preservatives or any food additives may not be added to foods and preparations intended for feeding infants and children unless they comply with the…
- Article 25Without prejudice to the provisions of the laws concerning approval of imported foodstuffs and the decisions implementing them, an identification label must be affixed…
- Article 26Every person—including a person bound by professional secrecy—has a duty to notify child protection centres by written letter if it becomes apparent to that person that…
- Article 27If it becomes apparent to the specialists at the Child Protection Centre that the child's health condition requires him to remain in hospital, and his parents, the…
- Article 28The persons mentioned in Article (26) shall not be criminally or civilly liable if the competent authorities are notified of information and provided with a report…
- Article 29The medical report prepared by the treating physician—and any physical evidence attached thereto—and approved by the competent hospital or medical center in respect of…
- Article 30The provisions of Law No. (22) of 2014 concerning private nurseries shall apply to matters for which no special provision is made in this Chapter. Law Index 360 Home…
- Article 31Every suitable place designated for the care of children who have not attained the age of four shall be considered a nursery. Nurseries shall be subject to the…
- Article 32The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour shall undertake technical inspection and financial and administrative supervision of nurseries to verify the implementation of…
- Article 33The registers and books maintained by nurseries shall be considered official documents, and the provisions on forgery set out in the Penal Code shall apply.
- Article 34The provisions of Decree-Law No. (82) of 1977 concerning Family Foster Care shall apply to all matters for which no special provision is made in this Chapter.
- Article 35The foster family system aims to provide social, psychological, health and vocational care for children whose circumstances have prevented them from growing up in their…
- Article 36A children's club is considered a social and educational institution that ensures the provision of social care for children generally from the age of seven to fifteen by…
- Article 37A social welfare institution for children deprived of family care means every home for sheltering children whose ages do not exceed eighteen years who are deprived of…
- Article 38The provisions of Law No. (11) of 1965 concerning Compulsory Education shall apply to matters for which no special provision is contained in this Part.
- Article 39The education of the child—according to the stages of education—shall aim to achieve the following objectives: A - Developing the child's personality, talents, and…
- Article 41Kindergarten is an upbringing and educational system that achieves comprehensive development for children before the primary education cycle and prepares them to enroll…
- Article 42Kindergartens shall be subject to the plans and programmes of the Ministry of Education and to its administrative, technical and financial supervision. The Executive…
- Article 43The stages of pre-university education shall be as follows: 1 - The basic and compulsory education stage: it consists of two stages, the primary stage and the…
- Article 44Anyone who has completed the basic education stage has the right to continue his education at a higher stage, in accordance with the controls and conditions specified by…
- Article 45Secondary education aims to establish pathways for vocational and technical education.
- Article 46The provisions of Law No. (6) of 2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector shall apply to matters for which no specific provision is made in this Chapter.
- Article 47Employing and training a child before the child reaches fifteen Gregorian years of age is prohibited. Employing a child in any type of work that may, by its nature or…
- Article 48Law Index 363 Home Page Child Rights Law Law No. 21 of 2015 concerning Child Rights A medical examination of the child shall be conducted before the child is placed in…
- Article 49A child may not be employed for more than six hours a day. Working hours must be interrupted by one or more periods for meals and rest, totalling no less than one hour.…
- Article 50An employer employing one or more children shall observe the following: 1 - Display, in a conspicuous place at the workplace, a copy containing the provisions included…
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- Article 51The employer must deliver to the child himself or one of his parents or the person responsible for his wage or remuneration, and other things to which he is entitled,…
- Article 52A working mother may, with the employer's approval, be granted unpaid leave for two years to care for her child, up to a maximum of three times throughout her service…
- Article 53An employer who employs fifty or more working mothers in one place shall establish a nursery or entrust a nursery with the care of the female workers' children, under…
- Article 54After the employer's approval, a working mother in the private sector—whether employed permanently or under a temporary contract—may be granted the right to maternity…
- Article 55A working mother who breastfeeds her child during the two years following the date of delivery shall be entitled to two hours daily to breastfeed her child, without any…
- Article 56Where the employer violates the provisions of Articles (54), (55), the working mother shall have the right to bring an urgent judicial action to claim the same.
- Article 57The provisions of Law No. (8) of 2010 Concerning the Rights of Persons with Disabilities shall apply to matters for which no special provision is made in this Part.
- Article 58The State shall ensure the protection of the child from disability and from every act that would harm his health or his physical, mental, spiritual or social…
- Article 60A child with a disability has the right to rehabilitation. Rehabilitation means providing the social, psychological, natural, educational, and vocational services that…
- Article 61The Public Authority for Disability Affairs shall establish the institutes and facilities necessary to provide rehabilitation services for children with disabilities. It…
- Article 62The entities referred to in the preceding article shall provide, without charge or fees, a certificate to every child with a disability who has been rehabilitated. The…
- Article 63Rehabilitation entities shall notify the Civil Service Bureau and the private and oil sectors of what establishes the rehabilitation of the child with a disability. The…
- Article 64The Director General of the Public Authority for Disability Affairs, the Civil Service Bureau, and the private and oil sectors shall issue a decision specifying…
- Article 65The State shall ensure the satisfaction of the child's cultural needs in all fields, including literature, arts and knowledge, and their connection to the values of…
- Article 66Children's libraries shall be established in residential areas, and children's cultural clubs shall also be established. The Executive Regulations shall specify how…
- Article 67The prohibition of what is shown to children in cinemas, similar public places and theatres shall be in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified by the…
- Article 68Managers of cinemas, theatres and other similar public places must announce at the venue of the performance and in all special publicity media that viewing the…
- Article 69The Minister of Information shall issue a decision appointing the employees authorized to monitor the application of this Law, detect violations thereof, draw up records…
- Article 70The provisions of Penal Law No. (16) of 1960 and Juveniles Law No. (3) of 1983 shall apply to matters for which no special provision is made in this Part.
- Article 71The following terms shall mean the following: 1 - Neglect: Failure by either of the child's parents or the person caring for the child to provide the child's basic needs…
- Article 72A child may not be granted a licence to drive any motor vehicle.
- Article 73Persons under seventeen years of age may not drive motorcycles on public roads or operate marine vehicles and aerial recreational means. The person responsible for the…
- Article 74The driver of the vehicle must maintain the child's safety while driving, fasten the seat belt and keep the child in the rear seats unless the child is over 10 years…
- Article 75A child may not travel abroad except with the consent of the child's guardian, custodian, person responsible for his care, or persons of equivalent status, in accordance…
- Article 76A child shall be considered at risk of any form of physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual harm or neglect, or if found in a situation threatening the sound…
- Article 77Child protection centres shall be established in every governorate of the State, affiliated with the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and shall be responsible for the…
- Article 78Child protection centers shall, in examining the seriousness of the complaint and conducting the examination, remove its causes, by interviewing the child, the person…
- Article 79Childhood protection centres shall take such of the following measures and procedures as they deem appropriate: 1 - Keeping the child within his family, with the parents…
- Article 80Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, any person who prevents a child from being enabled to obtain his rights set out in Articles (3)…
- Article 81Violation of the provisions of Articles (11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17) of this Law shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dinars and not exceeding five…
- Article 82Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, anyone who intentionally makes an incorrect statement concerning any particulars that the law…
- Article 83Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, any guardian, custodian or person legally entrusted with caring for a child who fails to take the…
- Article 84Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for by another law, anyone who violates any provision of Article No. (24) shall be punished by imprisonment for a…
- Article 85Anyone who violates the provisions of Article (53) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dinars and not more than five hundred dinars. The…
- Article 86The use of the devices and means stipulated in Article (64) for persons without disabilities without justification is prohibited. Violation thereof shall be punished by…
- Article 87It is prohibited to publish, display or circulate any publications or visual, audio or electronic artistic works intended for children that appeal to their base…
- Article 88Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for in another law, anyone who imports, exports, produces, prepares, displays, prints, promotes, possesses or…
- Article 89Anyone who grants a child a licence to drive any motor vehicle shall be punished for violating Article (72) by a fine of not less than one hundred dinars and not more…
- Article 90Whoever rents a motor vehicle to a child or enables him in any way to drive one shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months and a fine of not…
- Article 91Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, imprisonment for a term Law Index 373 Home Page Child Rights Law Law No. 21 of 2015 concerning…
- Article 92Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for by another law, anyone who publishes or broadcasts, through any media outlet, any information or data, or any…
- Article 93The father or person responsible for the child's care shall be deprived of all benefits in kind granted by the State if a final judgment is issued convicting him of a…
- Article 94The penalty prescribed for any crime shall be doubled if it is committed against a child, if committed by either of his parents, a person having guardianship or…
- Article 95The Council of Ministers shall issue the Executive Regulations of this Law within six months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
- Article 96Every provision that conflicts with the provisions of this Law is repealed.