Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 136

The time limit stipulated in Article One of Law 33 of 2000 concerning Claims of Ownership of State-Owned Land. Its meaning. - 31 - Law - Retroactivity of laws—in non-criminal matters—may only be by law. - Every procedural act validly completed under a law in force remains valid unless otherwise provided. - Conditions for the admissibility of an action and its procedures. They are subject to the law in force at the time it is brought. - The procedural conditions relating to registration of the statement of claim and publication of its summary do not apply retroactively to actions brought before Law 33 of 2000 came into operation. Application of the substantive provisions of Laws 18 of 1969 and 5 of 1975 to actions brought in which no final judgment has been rendered. Article One of Law 33 of 2000. Example.