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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 682 of Civil Code

English translation

1 - A subcontractor and workers employed on behalf of the main contractor in performing the work may directly claim from the employer what is due to them from the main contractor, within the amount due to the latter from the employer at the time the action is brought. The subcontractor's workers also have a direct action against both the main contractor and the employer within the amount due from each.
Arabic original
١- للمقاول من الباطن والعمال الذين يشتغلون لحساب المقاول الأصلي في تنفيذ العمل, أن يطالبوا رب العمل مباشرة بما يستحق لهم قبل المقاول الأصلي في حدود القدر الذي يكون لهذا الأخير على رب العـمــل وقـت رفع الدعوى. ولعمال المقاول من الباطن أيضا دعوى مباشرة قبل كل من المقاول الأصلي ورب العمل في حدود المستحق عليه.

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