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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 377 of Civil Code

English translation

1 - An assignment of debt transfers the debt from the liability of the original debtor to the liability of the transferee. 2 - The assignment is restricted if payment under it is restricted to specific property belonging to the transferor or a debt owed to the transferor by the transferee, and is unrestricted if payment is not restricted to any of these, even if the debtor has a debt or specific property held by the transferee from which payment can be made.
Arabic original
۱ - يترتب على حوالة الدين نقل الدين من ذمة المدين الأصلي إلى ذمة المحال عليه. ٢ - وتكون الحوالة مقيدة إذا تقيد الأداء فيها من عين أو دين للمحيل بذمة المحال عليه وتكون مطلقة إذا لم يتقيد الأداء فيها بشيء من ذلك ولو كان للمدين بذمة المحال عليه دين أو عين يمكن التأدية منها .

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