Part I General Provisions Article (1) For the purposes of applying the provisions of this law, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them, unless the context otherwise requires: • Authority: Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority. • Competent Minister: The Minister of Justice. • Chairman: The Chairman of the Authority. • Board: The Board of Trustees. • Convention: The United Nations Convention Against Corruption. • Illicit Gain: Any increase in the wealth or diminution of liabilities occurs - because of assuming an office or a capacity - to the official subject to this law, his minor children or those under his guardianship, custodianship or curatorship whenever it is disproportionate to their resources and it is unjustified. • Public Official: In applying the provisions of this law, the term of public official shall include the persons set forth in Article (43) of the Law No. (31) of 1970 amending some provisions of the Penal Code No. (16) of 1960. • Assets and Liabilities: They are the cash money, real estate or movables owned by the person subject to the provisions of this law and his minor children and those under his guardianship, custodianship or curatorship inside and outside Kuwait, including their rights and their indebtedness to third party, as well as the agencies or authorizations, which have financial effect, issued by him to third party or issued to him by third party, in addition to the usufruct. • Reporting: It is the act of informing or reporting by a natural or a legal person of information in his possession on a crime or an attempted crime, connivance or disposal of an evidence of a crime or a serious financial violation to the Authority or any competent body designated to receive such reports. • Whistleblower: he / she is the person who reports any corruption offence. That also applies to the witnesses, victims of crimes and the experts who give testimony concerning criminalized acts. 14 Law No. 2 of 2016 and the Provisions on Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities