1960 年第 16 号刑法典要求根据犯罪的严重性量刑，由法官在考虑到法律允许的 最低和最高惩罚的情况下给予适当的惩处。 《宪法》第 111 条和与司法机关及议会相关的法律就免予起诉案件作出了规 定。根据本条，包括议员和部长在内，某些公职人员享有调查、起诉或法律诉 讼的程序豁免。除非议会同意，不得对他们实行调查或法律程序。这也适用于 检察官和法官，除非法官高级监理会根据检察官的请求而同意，否则不得对他 们进行调查，他们也不承担刑事责任。 1960 年关于初步诉讼程序和刑事审判的第 17 号法律的某些条款载有关于被告出 庭的一些措施。这些条款载有关于发出传票要求出庭的程序和方法，要求对被 告给予必要的保障，给予被告辩护权，并就被告不出庭的后果以及对其实行的 必要措施和惩罚作出了规定。 1960 年第 16 号刑法典第 87 条、第 88 条和第 91 条规定，如果被判刑人员至少 完成了四分之三的刑期，允许其假释。提早释放的人员在规定的时期届满之前 可能受到监督，以便确保遵循释放的条件，如果违反这些条件，则可能被再次 监禁。1962 年第 26 号法律《监狱组织法》第 85 条至第 90 条规定，在刑期结束 后需使囚犯恢复并重新融入社会。 包括腐败犯罪在内，作为实施一系列犯罪的后果，公职人员可能被暂时或永久 取消公职或停职，科威特法律对这些情形作出了详细规定。述及这些情形的法 律含有在刑事案件水落石出之前在调查期间公职人员停职的可能性。但是，这 些法律并未规定被判刑官员服刑期满后返回原职的可能性。另外，任何人被宣 判犯有重罪即受到限制，不得在公共机关工作或获得公共合同，而被宣判轻罪 的，则一至五年内不得在公共机关工作。关于诚实方面的轻罪而导致的犯罪宣 判，包括腐败犯罪在内，只有表现出受到充分改造之后，才有资格再度任职。 根据 1979 年第 15 号法令第 27 条，刑事责任并不阻止公职人员受到纪律制裁。
The Criminal Code No. 16 of 1960 requires a criminal sentence to be proportionate to the severity of the crime, allowing the judge to impose a suitable punishment bearing in mind the minimum and maximum punishments allowed by law. Immunity from prosecution is addressed by Article 111 of the Constitution and laws pertaining to the judiciary and Parliament. In accordance with this article, certain public employees, including members of Parliament and ministers, may be given procedural immunity from investigation, prosecution or lawsuit. No investigative or legal procedure may be brought against them except with the agreement of Parliament. This also applies to public prosecutors and judges, who may not be investigated or held criminally liable except with the agreement of the High Council of Judges following a request by a public prosecutor.Several provisions of Law No. 17 of 1960 on Preliminary Proceedings and Criminal Trials contain measures on the appearance of the defendant in court. These provisions contain procedures and methods of issuing a summons to appear before the court, require the necessary guarantees to be afforded to the defendant, give him a right of defence, as well as the consequences, necessary measures and penalties to be imposed on the defendant in the event of failure to appear. Articles 87, 88 and 91 of the Criminal Code No. 16 of 1960 permit parole if the accused person has completed at least three quarters of the sentence. A person released early may be monitored before the specified period has elapsed in order to ensure compliance with the conditions of release, subject to renewed imprisonment if those conditions are violated. Articles 85-90 of the Law on Organization of Prisons, Law No. 26 of 1962, stipulate the need to rehabilitate prisoners and reintegrate them into society after the end of their sentence. Kuwait law details situations in which public officials may be temporarily or permanently removed from office or suspended as a consequence of the commission of a range of crimes, including corruption offences. The laws that address these situations contain the possibility of suspending an official from public service during the period of investigation, pending the outcome of the criminal case. These laws do not, however, provide for the possibility of a convicted official returning to his post after serving his sentence. In addition, conviction for a felony bars any person from working in the public service or obtaining a public contract, while conviction for a misdemeanour bars people from working in the public service for from one to five years. With respect to convictions resulting from misdemeanours regarding honesty, including corruption offences, a person only becomes eligible for re-employment once sufficient rehabilitation has been demonstrated. Under Article 27 of Decree-Law No. 15 of 1979, criminal accountability does not prevent public employees from being subject to disciplinary punishment.