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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 247 of Code of Civil Procedure

English translation

The custodian may not use, exploit or lend the attached items or expose them to damage; otherwise, he shall be deprived of the custody remuneration, in addition to being required to pay damages. However, if he owns them or holds a usufruct over them, he may use them for their designated purpose. If the attachment concerns livestock, merchandise, tools or machinery necessary for the management or exploitation of land, a factory, a workshop or an establishment, the Director of the Enforcement Department may, upon a petition submitted by an interested party, order that the custodian be entrusted with management or exploitation if he is fit Law Index 658 Home Page Law of Procedure Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 Promulgating the Law of Civil and Commercial Procedure for that purpose, or replace him with another custodian who shall undertake it.
Arabic original
لا يجوز للحارس ان يستعمل الاشياء المحجوزة او يستغلها او يعيرها او يعرضها للتلف والا حرم من اجرة الحراسة فضلا عن إلزامه بالتضمينات وانما يجوز إذا كان مالكا لها او صاحب حق انتفاع عليها ان يستعملها فيما خصصت لـه . وإذا كان الحجز على ماشية او عروض او ادوات او آلات لازمة لادارة او استغلال ارض او مصنع او مشغل او مؤسسة جاز لمدير ادارة التنفيذ بناء على عريضة تقدم من أحد ذوي الشأن ان يأمر تكليف الحارس الادارة او الاستغلال ان كان صالحاً لذلك او يستبدل به حارسا آخر يقوم بذلك.

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