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KWT-2015-L-101782
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Title_of_text
Law No. 99 of 2015 amending some provisions of the Environmental Protection Law No. 42 of 2014.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kuwait
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-09-06
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
This Law amends some provisions of the Environmental Protection Law, in particular: the Minister activity is held in coordination with the Council of Ministers; strengthens the provisions against smoking; stiffens controls on import and export of equipment and appliances containing controlled substances included in Montreal Protocol; water protection includes surface waters and prohibits well drilling without a previous permit; prohibits fishery activities in Kuwait Bay; reduces the time to implement the Regulation from 5 to 3 years from the moment of its publication; and strengthens the penalties for those who violate the provisions of the Law.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2015-09-06
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
2014-07-13 (KWT-2014-L-99818)
Law No. 42 of 2014 on Environmental Protection.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1960 (KWT-1960-L-97527)
Law No. 16 of 1960, the Penal Code.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Reqaba
Country
State of Kuwait
URL
http://www.reqaba.com/
Page range
P.2 - P. 11
File
be2a.pdf (PDF in Arabic)