Article 28 of Code of Civil Procedure

If the defendant fails to appear and the Kuwaiti courts lack jurisdiction to hear the action under the preceding articles, the court shall rule of its own motion that it lacks jurisdiction. Chapter Two: Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Article 29 (1) The Summary Court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate at first instance civil and commercial actions whose value does not exceed five thousand dinars, and its judgment shall be final if the value of the action does not exceed two thousand dinars.