{"id":134512,"date":"2023-07-25T09:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T06:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=134512"},"modified":"2023-07-25T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T06:17:04","slug":"sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Clause<\/td>\nDefinition<\/td>\n Article<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

Indecent Act Not Committed in Public<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

If a person commits an indecent act in private that insults and shames a woman who is not willing to engage in the act<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Article 199 of the Penal Code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Indecent Assault<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Any touching or undressing of a person\u2019s body who is 21 years of age and above, without his\/her consent or any person under the age of 21 with or without his\/her consent.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Article 191 of the Penal Code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sexual Intercourse that is Forced, Under Threat, or by Deception<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Engaging in sexual intercourse by vaginal penetration, without consent and using threat, coercion or deception<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Article 186 of the Penal Code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Human Trafficking<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

If one or more persons restrict a person\u2019s freedom or transport him\/her from one place to another by force, taking advantage of authority, strength or through deception; for the purpose of forced labour or sexual exploitation.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Article 1 of the Human Trafficking Act<\/p>\n

Article 2 of the Human Trafficking Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sanction<\/td>\nReport to<\/td>\n Evidence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

Misdemeanour punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding 1,000 K.D., or both<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emergency number (preliminary report)<\/p>\n

Local police station where incident occurred<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reporting incident<\/p>\n

Witnesses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Felony punished by life imprisonment if the victim was a domestic worker working for the offender<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emergency number (preliminary report)<\/p>\n

Local police station where incident occurred.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reporting Incident<\/p>\n

Witnesses<\/p>\n

Medical Report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Felony punished by: Death penalty or life imprisonment (if the offender has authority over the victim and she is a domestic worker working for him, he shall be punished with the death sentence)<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emergency number (preliminary report)<\/p>\n

Local police station where incident occurred.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Quick reporting of incident<\/p>\n

Preserving all the evidence (for example, not showering or washing clothes) Preliminary report from the relevant hospital<\/p>\n

Witnesses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Felony punished by 15 years imprisonment (no punishment for anyone forced into prostitution where it is proven that they did not enter into prostitution willingly)<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Emergency number (preliminary report)<\/p>\n

Local police station where incident occurred (the victim will be redirected to the General Department of Criminal Investigation – Department of Human Trafficking)<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reporting of incident<\/p>\n

Witnesses<\/p>\n

Criminal Investigations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Clause Definition Article   Indecent Act Not Committed in Public   If a person commits an indecent act in private that insults and shames a woman who is not willing to engage in the act   Article 199 of the Penal Code   Indecent Assault   Any touching or undressing of a person\u2019s body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-domestic-workers-leagal-guide"],"yoast_head":"\nSexual Assault - TimesKuwait<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sexual Assault - TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Clause Definition Article   Indecent Act Not Committed in Public   If a person commits an indecent act in private that insults and shames a woman who is not willing to engage in the act   Article 199 of the Penal Code   Indecent Assault   Any touching or undressing of a person\u2019s body […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-25T06:17:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sexual-Assault.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"392\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TimesAdmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thetimesq8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thetimesq8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TimesAdmin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TimesAdmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70\"},\"headline\":\"Sexual Assault\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-25T06:17:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Sexual-Assault.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Domestic workers Leagal Guide\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sexual Assault - TimesKuwait\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Sexual-Assault.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-25T06:17:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Sexual-Assault.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Sexual-Assault.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":392},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/sexual-assault\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sexual Assault\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"TimesKuwait\",\"description\":\"Kuwait's Premier News Content Portal\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TimesKuwait\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/TimesLog.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/TimesLog.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":103,\"caption\":\"TimesKuwait\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/timeskuwait\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/thetimesq8\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thetimeskuwait\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70\",\"name\":\"TimesAdmin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timeskuwait.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/timesadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sexual Assault - TimesKuwait","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sexual Assault - TimesKuwait","og_description":"  Clause Definition Article   Indecent Act Not Committed in Public   If a person commits an indecent act in private that insults and shames a woman who is not willing to engage in the act   Article 199 of the Penal Code   Indecent Assault   Any touching or undressing of a person\u2019s body […]","og_url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/","og_site_name":"TimesKuwait","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait","article_published_time":"2023-07-25T06:17:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":392,"url":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sexual-Assault.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TimesAdmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thetimesq8","twitter_site":"@thetimesq8","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TimesAdmin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/"},"author":{"name":"TimesAdmin","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70"},"headline":"Sexual Assault","datePublished":"2023-07-25T06:17:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/"},"wordCount":380,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sexual-Assault.jpg","articleSection":["Domestic workers Leagal Guide"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/","name":"Sexual Assault - TimesKuwait","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sexual-Assault.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-25T06:17:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sexual-Assault.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sexual-Assault.jpg","width":696,"height":392},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/sexual-assault\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sexual Assault"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/","name":"TimesKuwait","description":"Kuwait's Premier News Content Portal","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#organization","name":"TimesKuwait","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TimesLog.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TimesLog.jpg","width":300,"height":103,"caption":"TimesKuwait"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeskuwait","https:\/\/x.com\/thetimesq8","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimeskuwait\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1f7ebf5aeb4e2934be640ecead337f70","name":"TimesAdmin","url":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/author\/timesadmin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}