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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 478 of Civil Code

English translation

If the thing sold perishes before delivery due to an external cause beyond either contracting party's control. The sale shall be dissolved and the buyer shall recover the price he paid, unless the destruction occurred after the buyer was formally notified to take delivery of the thing sold.
Arabic original
إذا هلك المبيع قبل تسليمه لسبب أجنبي لا يد لأحد المتعاقدين فيه. انفسخ البيع واسترد المشتري ما أداه من الثمن وذلك ما لم يكن الهلاك بعد إعذار المشتري لتسلم المبيع .

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