Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1044

The three cases in which deduction or attachment of an employee's salary or any sums payable to the government by the employee is permissible. Their nature: court-awarded maintenance, payment of what may be due - 309 - Administrative to the government from him because of the performance of his duties, or recovery of sums paid to him without entitlement. The government has the right of deduction in the first and second cases without an enforceable instrument. - The phrase "recovery of sums paid to him without entitlement" appears in a general, unrestricted form without qualification. Its effect. It may not be restricted. Consequence thereof: deduction may be made directly from the employee's salary even if the sums are unrelated to his employment. The judgment's contravention of this on the ground that the sums were paid to the employee in his capacity as a student. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation.