Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 110

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The principle is that a new law does not apply to the past. The exception: the effects of dispositions concluded under the authority of the old law. They remain subject to it unless the provisions of the new law concern public order. An example concerning the absence of entitlement to consolatory maintenance regulated by the Personal Status Law where divorce occurred before its entry into force.
Arabic original
الأصل عدم سريان القانون الجديد على الماضي. الاستثناء: آثار التصرفات المبرمة تحت سلطان القانون القديم. بقاءها خاضعة له ما لم تكن أحكام القانون الجديد متعلقة بالنظام العام. مثال بشأن عدم الأحقية في نفقة المتعة التي نظمها قانون الأحوال الشخصية إذا تم الطلاق قبل نفاذه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٥/٩٤ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١١/٢/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 27. PDF pages: 27.

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