Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 225

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

English translation of the principle

The prohibition on selling undivided shares in land for which no subdivision has been issued except after obtaining municipal permission, Article One of Decree-Law 92/1976, is a general, clear and manifest provision not directed at a particular type of sale. There is no room to inquire into the rationale of the legislation in order to restrict it. The reason therefor.
Arabic original
حظر بيع حصص مشاعة في أرض لم يصدر بها تقسيم إلا بعد الحصول على إذن البلدية المادة الأولى من المرسوم بقانون ٩٢/١٩٧٦ نص عام واضح جلي لا ينصرف إلى نوع معين من البيوع. لا محل للبحث في حكمة التشريع لتقييده. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٩، ٣٠/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/١/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٢٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 50. PDF pages: 50.

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