Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2088

Land situated within the planning boundaries south of the Fifth Ring Road, Jahra village and Failaka Island is, in principle, privately owned, except for what is proven to be State-owned. Claiming ownership thereof and producing legally admissible evidence of such ownership without being bound by Law No. 5/1975. Permissible. - The addressee of Articles 13. 14 of Law No. 5/1959 concerning real estate registration and Articles 3. 5 of Law No. 5/1975 regarding instruments establishing the origin of ownership or the right in rem. It is the body entrusted with registration procedures and the administrative committees, without prejudice to the courts' right, when hearing actions to establish ownership, to rely on any evidence among the legally prescribed means of proof.