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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 35 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If he consummates the marriage by coercing her, before she receives her prompt dower, she may refuse to surrender herself to him and to cohabit with him until she receives her dower.
Arabic original
إذا دخل بها بإكراه منه لها ، قبل أن تقبض مهرها المعجل، فلها أن تمتنع من تسليم نفسها له ومساكنته حتى تقبض مهرها.

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