Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 159

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Publication of Personal Status Law No. 51/1984 in the Official Gazette on 23/7/1984. Its effect. Everyone is presumed to know it, and no person's plea of ignorance of its provisions is accepted from that date. Example concerning a father marrying off his daughter without her consent in violation of this Law.
Arabic original
نشر قانون الأحوال الشخصية رقم ٥١/١٩٨٤ في الجريدة الرسمية في ٢٣/٧/١٩٨٤. أثره. افتراض علم الكافة به فلا يقبل من أحد الاعتذار بجهل أحكامه اعتباراً من هذا التاريخ. مثال بشأن تزويج أب لابنته بغير موافقتها بالمخالفة لهذا القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦/١٩٨٨ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٣/١/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٢٦٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 349. PDF pages: 334.

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