Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 147

The new law applies immediately upon coming into force to legal positions formed after its entry into force, and with direct effect to future effects arising from previous legal positions. The exception. The effects of dispositions concluded under the old law remain subject to it unless its provisions relate to public order. - Legal rules relating to public order. They are rules intended to achieve a public political, social, or economic interest relating to the higher order of society.