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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 3 of Amiri Decree No. 15 of 1959 concerning Kuwaiti Nationality

English translation

Every person born in Kuwait to unknown parents shall acquire Kuwaiti nationality, and a foundling shall be considered born therein unless the contrary is proved. Kuwaiti nationality may be granted by decree, upon the submission of the Minister of Interior, to a person born in Kuwait or abroad to a Kuwaiti mother whose father is unknown or whose filiation to his father has not been legally established. By a decision of the Minister of Interior, minors in this situation may be treated as Kuwaitis until they reach the age of majority.
Arabic original
يكتســب الجنســية الكويبتيــة كل مــن ولــد في الكويت لابوين مجهــولين، ويعــتبر اللقيط مولــودا فيهــا مــا لم يثبــب العكس. ويجــوز بمرســوم بنــاء على عــرض وزيــر الداخليــة منــح الجنســية الكويتيــة لمــن ولــد ف الكويــت أو فى الخارج مــن أم كويتيــة وكان مجهــول الاب او لم تثبــت نســبته الى ابيــه قانونــا، ويجــوز بقــرار مــن وزيــر الداخليــة معاملــة الــقصر في هــذه الحالــة معاملــة الكويتــيين لحين بلوغهــم ســن الرشــد .

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