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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 430 of Civil Code

English translation

1 - Set-off may not operate to the detriment of third-party rights. - If a third party effects an attachment in the debtor's hands, and the debtor subsequently becomes a creditor of his creditor in respect of a debt eligible for set-off, he may not invoke set-off to the detriment of the attaching creditor.
Arabic original
١ - لا يجوز أن تقع المقاصة إضرارا بحقوق الغير. - فإذا أوقع الغير حجزا تحت يد المدين, ثم أصبح المدين دائنا لدائــنــه بـديــن صالح للتقاص فلا يجوز له أن يتمسك بالمقاصة إضرارا بالحاجز.

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