Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 635

State of Kuwait · Administrative Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Administrative contracts. Their subjection to a special legal regime distinguishing them from the regime governing civil contracts. The effect thereof and its consequences. Example. - The administrative authority’s right to include in those contracts exceptional terms and financial penalties not customary in private-law contracts. The condition thereof: the existence of a subsisting contract being performed. The contract’s exhaustion of its purposes and completion of the works for whose performance it was concluded. The effect thereof. The aforementioned financial penalties may not be imposed. - Renewal of the administrative contract:-
Arabic original
العقود الإدارية. خضوعها لنظام قانوني خاص يميزها عن النظام الذي تخضع له العقود المدنية.أثر ذلك وما يترتب عليه.مثال. - حق الجهة الإدارية في تضمين تلك العقود شروطاً استثنائية وجزاءات مالية غير مألوفة في عقود القانون الخاص. شرط ذلك: وجود عقد قائم يجري تنفيذه. استنفاد العقد أغراضه وانتهاء الأعمال التي أبرم من أجل القيام بها. أثره. امتناع توقيع الجزاءات المالية المشار إليها. - تجديد العقد الإداري:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٠٦/٢٠٠١ إداري جلسة ٢٧/٦/٢٠٠٦ القسم الخامس المجلد الثامن ص٤٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 169. PDF pages: 166.

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