Official text per PAM's consolidated English edition (2025). For guidance only; not legal advice.
Without prejudice to any more severe punishment stipulated in any other law, any person who violates the provision of the second paragraph of Article 10 shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine, in respect of each worker, not less than KD 2000 and not more than KD 10,000 or either of these punishments. In the event where the worker joined the service of another employer in violation of the provisions of Paragraph 2 of article 10, aforesaid, such other employer shall be penalized with the same punishment set forth in the preceding paragraph of this article, without prejudice to the right of the administrative body to expatriate the violating worker.
Source The English text is presented as the official January 2025 consolidated edition identified in the approved local source notes. The Arabic text is unofficial. This local snapshot was not independently verified against PAM by this directory.