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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 18 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If a woman appoints a man as her agent to contract her marriage, he may not marry her to himself unless she expressly states that the authorization is general, or her words, according to customary understanding, manifest generality such that they include him personally.
Arabic original
إذا وكلت المرأة رجلاً في تزويجها فليس له أن يزوجها من نفسه إلا إذا صرحت بالتعميم أو كان كلامها بحسب فهم العرف ظاهراً في العموم بحيث يشمله نفسه.

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