Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 274

Legal positions and acquired rights. They may be affected only by a law providing for retroactive effect. - Administrative decisions, whether regulatory or individual, apply, as a rule, only to what occurs from the date of their issuance. An administrative decision providing for its effects to extend to the past is vitiated by contravention of the law and a flagrant infringement thereof, rendering it nonexistent. Its effect. - The rule against retroactivity of administrative decisions. It is complemented by the rule that they are not effective against individuals until they become aware of them through publication, notification, or actual knowledge. The rationale for this.