Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 674

Applications concerning lineage and correction of names. They must be submitted to the committee formed to investigate these applications before being brought before the courts, as of the effective date of Law 1/1988. Contravention thereof. Its effect. Nullity. - Pending actions not finally determined and overtaken by Law 1/1988. The special committee must be tasked with investigating them and submitting a report thereon within a year; otherwise, the court may proceed to hear them and adjudicate them as they stand. Contravention thereof. Its effect is nullity.