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Executive Regulation shall define the persons covered by this definition without conflicting
with this Law.
Money laundering: any of the acts described under article 2 of this Law.
Terrorism Financing: any of the acts described under article 3 of this Law.
Predicate offense: any act constituting a crime under the laws of the State of Kuwait, and
any act committed outside the State of Kuwait if it constitutes a crime according to the laws
of the country where it occurred and that would have constituted a crime in the State of
Kuwait.
Proceeds of crime: funds derived or obtained directly or indirectly through the commission
of a predicate offense, including other yields, interest, gains or profit from such funds
whether it remained as is or it was converted wholly or partially into other funds.
Instrumentalities: all means of whatever kind that were used or that were intended to be
used in any form, wholly or partially, to commit a money laundering, terrorism financing or
predicate offense.
Terrorist act: Any act or initiation of an act, whether in the State of Kuwait or in any other
place, as follows:
a. An act intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to a civilian, or to any other
person not taking part in the hostilities in a situation of armed conflict, when the
purpose of such act, in its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to
compel a Government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing
any act; or
b. An act which constitutes an offense within the scope of the definitions set forth in any
of the following international conventions or protocols:
i.
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970 as
implemented by Law No. 19 of 1979;
ii. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil
Aviation, 1975 as implemented by Law No. 62 of 1979;
iii. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against
Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973 as
implemented by Law No. 72 of 1988;
iv. International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, 1971 as
implemented by Law No. 73 of 1988;
v. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports
Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for
the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1988
as implemented by Law No. 71 of 1988 and Law No. 6 of 1994;