Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 210

The Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Decree 5 of 1959. After its issuance, ownership does not pass between the persons concerned or with respect to others except by registration. The legislature’s granting the inhabitants a transitional period of one year in respect of instruments concerning dispositions preceding its issuance. Its effect. No deed or instrument is admissible to prove the root of ownership or a right in rem unless its date was authenticated or it was certified before a notary in Kuwait or the Sharia courts before 26/4/1960. Article 14 of the aforementioned Law. - 47 - Law