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KWT-1979-L-39896
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Title_of_text
Decree Law No. 15 of 1979 concerning the Civil Service
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kuwait
Subjects (Classification)
Specific categories of workers; Public and civil servants
Adopted on (Date of text)
1979-04-04
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Orders the establishment of a public service commission under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. Specifies the function and the composition of the commission, provides for general rules governing the civil service, and for the rights and obligations of civil servants, and for the modalities relative to termination of employment. A memorandum providing a detailed explanation of the provisions of the Decree Law is attached.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1979-07-01
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1979-04-04 (KWT-1979-R-39897)
Decree on the Regulations concerning the Civil Service.
Implementing text(s)
1997-11-11 (KWT-1997-R-53059)
Resolution by the Civil Service Council forbidding civil servants from carrying on commercial activities.
Implementing text(s)
1981-02-11 (KWT-1981-R-68357)
Ministerial Order No. 30 of 1981.
Implementing text(s)
1993 (KWT-1993-R-68358)
Civil Service Council Order concerning the granting of special leave on full or half pay (No. 1 of 1993).
Implementing text(s)
1979-08-29 (KWT-1979-R-68359)
Order on regulations and provisions regarding special leave (No. 13 of 1979).
Implementing text(s)
2010-02-28 (KWT-2010-L-89501)
Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning Rights of People with Disabilities.
Implementing text(s)
2011-04-10 (KWT-2011-R-89503)
Order No. 7 of 2011 granting a special leave for working mother who accompanies her sick child to the hospital.
Implementing text(s)
2011-04-10 (KWT-2011-R-89815)
Order No. 6 of 2011 concerning the maternity leave.
Implementing text(s)
2011-04-10 (KWT-2011-R-89818)
Order No. 8 of 2011 concerning amending Order No. 13 of 1979 concerning regulations and provisions on special leave and amended by Order No. 10 of 1981.
Implementing text(s)
2013-05-19 (KWT-2013-L-97119)
Law No. 109 of 2013 concerning the Public Authority of Manpower.
Implementing text(s)
2013-06-16 (KWT-2013-L-98362)
Law No. 116 of 2013 on Promoting Direct Investment in the State of Kuwait.
Implementing text(s)
2014-02-23 (KWT-2014-L-99810)
Law No. 20 of 2014 concerning Electronic Transactions.
Implementing text(s)
2014-07-13 (KWT-2014-L-99818)
Law No. 42 of 2014 on Environmental Protection.
Implementing text(s)
2014-08-17 (KWT-2014-L-99819)
Law No. 116 of 2014 on Public Private Partnerships.
Implementing text(s)
2014-05-18 (KWT-2014-L-99822)
Law No. 37 of 2014 Regulating Information and Communication Technologies.
Implementing text(s)
2014-04-06 (KWT-2014-R-99833)
Ministerial Order No. 52(a) of 2014 Regulating Volunteer Work in the Social Welfare Departments.
Implementing text(s)
2015-01-18 (KWT-2015-R-101780)
Ministerial Order No. 247(a) of 2014 Regulating Volunteer Groups Work.
Implementing text(s)
2016-03-27 (KWT-2016-L-104063)
Law No. 18 of 2016 on Elderly Social Care.
Implementing text(s)
2018-11-25 (KWT-2018-R-108340)
Council of Minister's Decree No. 338 of 2018 amending Decree of 1979 on the Regulations concerning the Civil Service of 1979.
Implementing text(s)
2019-01-20 (KWT-2019-R-108389)
Order No. 12 of 2018 On the interpretation of the concept of pension entitlement in the application of Article 76 of the Decree on regulating the Civil Service.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1995-06-27 (KWT-1995-L-42987)
Law No. 22 of 1995 to repeal paragraph 5 of article 32 of Legislative Decree No. 15 of 1979 concerning the Civil Service
Amending text(s)
1992-10-06 (KWT-1992-L-56069)
Decree Law No. 128 of 1992 on the Supplementary Insurance System.
Amending text(s)
2013-05-05 (KWT-2013-L-97115)
Law No. 103 of 2013 amending Article 32 of the Decree Law No. 15 of 1979 concerning the Civil Service.
Amending text(s)
2014-04-13 (KWT-2014-R-99830)
Decree 92 of 2014 amending Decree Law No. 15 of 1979 concerning the Civil Service.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2015-05-05 (KWT-2015-L-101761)
Law No. 21 of 2015 on Children Rights.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in Arabic
Author
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
Country
USA
URL
http://www.glin.gov/
File
KWT39896 Arab.pdf (PDF of Law in Arabic)
Serial region
Serial title
Kuwait al-Yaum
Date
1979-04-09
Number
N0. 1241
Page range
pp. 1-10
Serial title
Unofficial English translation
Date
2004
File
F1019404829/KWT39896.pdf (PDF 68KB)