Decree-Law No. 10 of 2020 concerning Notarisation

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Article 1In applying the provisions of this Law, the following words shall have the meaning indicated opposite each: Minister: The Minister of Justice. Department: The…
Article 2An Authentication Department shall be established at the Ministry of Justice, headed by a director and comprising a number of notaries who shall authenticate…
Article 3The Minister may delegate any of the notaries to perform notarisation work inside and outside the State of Kuwait, and may delegate government representatives abroad to…
Article 4An automated electronic system shall be established in the Department, prepared and programmed for the tasks mentioned in Articles (6,5) of this Law.
Article 5The government notary shall be competent to notarize instruments whose notarization is required by law or requested by the persons concerned, including: 1- Powers of…
Article 5 مكررExcept for commercial agencies and agencies exempted by a decision of the Minister of Justice, notarization of the agency shall be for a period of five years, unless a…
Article 6The Executive Regulations shall specify the types of instruments that a private notary is competent to notarize.
Article 7A private notary must: a. Be of Kuwaiti nationality. b. Hold an accredited university degree in law or its equivalent issued by Kuwait University or a recognized…
Article 9Before notarizing the instrument, the notary shall: a. Ascertain the identity of the persons concerned by examining the original civil identity card, passport,…
Article 9 مكرراThe persons concerned or their agents shall appear before the notary personally, through the automated electronic system, or by visual communication through modern or…
Article 11If the axis submitted for authentication of the signatures of the parties concerned therein is in a foreign language, it must include a summary translated into Arabic,…
Article 12The notary shall establish the date of private instruments submitted to him for this purpose by affixing a dated seal to them after recording this in the registers.…
Article 13The private notary shall deliver to the Notarization Department an original copy—paper or electronic—of the instruments that he notarizes, authenticates, or certifies…
Article 14The Executive Regulations shall specify the procedures for notarisation, authentication of signatures and certification of dates, the fees payable and the remuneration…
Article 15Copies of instruments that have been notarized or authenticated may not be delivered except to the persons concerned. A copy of an instrument may be delivered to a third…
Article 16A second executory copy of the notarised instrument may not be delivered except by order of the judge of interim matters at the Court of First Instance.
Article 17The originals of instruments that have been notarized, or the documents relating thereto, may not be removed from the Department. Pursuant to a judicial order, they may…
Article 18A person whose instrument has been refused notarization, or whose request for authentication or certification of the date of private documents has been refused, may…
Article 20A committee shall be formed by a decision of the Minister, chaired by the Undersecretary of the Ministry and comprising the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of…
Article 21A register for enrollment of private notaries shall be established in the Department. The Executive Regulations shall specify its particulars and the conditions and…
Article 22A disciplinary committee formed by a decision of the Minister, chaired by a counsellor of the Court of Appeal and comprising a judge of the Court of First Instance and…
Article 23Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for by another law, anyone who engages in any of the activities set out in this Law without being licensed or…
Article 24The Minister shall issue the Executive Regulations of this Law within six months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 25Every provision conflicting with the provisions of this Law is repealed, and the aforementioned Law No. (4) of 1961 is also repealed.