Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 201

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

English translation of the principle

Personal Status Law 51 of 1984. Its application ratione personae to those subject to the Maliki school, to the exclusion of others. - Matters connected with religious belief. Rulings thereon are based on the outward verbal acknowledgment, so long as the apparent circumstances do not belie it.
Arabic original
قانون الأحوال الشخصية ٥١ لسنة ١٩٨٤. سريانه من حيث الأشخاص على من يطبق عليهم المذهب المالكي دون غيرهم. - الأمور التي تتصل بالعقيدة الدينية. تبني الأحكام فيها على الإقرار بظاهر اللسان ما دام لا يكذبه ظاهر الحال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٠/٢٠٠١ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٣/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ٣٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 45. PDF pages: 45.

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