Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 275

Retroactivity may only be established by law in non-penal matters. The implication thereof. Administrative decisions apply only to what occurs from the date of their issuance by the person empowered to issue them. A provision in an administrative decision extending its effect to the past. Its lack of effect with respect to such retroactivity because it contravenes the provisions of the Constitution, which prevail over ordinary laws.