Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 215

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

English translation of the principle

Laws are published in the Official Gazette within two weeks of the day of their issuance and enter into force one month after the date of their publication. This period may be extended or shortened by a provision in the law. The fact of publication and the lapse of the period. A procedure that establishes constructive publicity of the law and constitutes a conclusive legal presumption of knowledge thereof. - Ignorance of the law may not be pleaded as an excuse. The basis for this.
Arabic original
القوانين تنشر في الجريدة الرسمية خلال أسبوعين من يوم إصدارها ويعمل بها بعد شهر من تاريخ نشرها. جواز مد هذا الميعاد أو تقصيره بنص في القانون. واقعة النشر وفوات المدة. إجراء تتوافر به العلانية الحكمية للقانون ويعد قرينة قانونية قاطعة على العلم به. - عدم جواز الاعتذار بالجهل بالقانون. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥/٩٩ تجاري جلسة ١٥/٤/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٧٠٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 49. PDF pages: 49.

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