Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 131

Provisions of laws. Their application to legal positions arising from their effective date, whether in their creation or in - 30 - Law their production of effects or their termination. Transactions concluded before that date. They remain subject to the provisions of the former law unless the law provides otherwise. - Prohibition of the sale of undivided shares in land for which no subdivision decision has been issued. Its application from the effective date of Decree-Law 92 of 1976. Establishment that the transaction was concluded and its date authenticated before its issuance. This means that it is not subject to its provisions. Contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law requiring cassation of the judgment.