Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2386

Tacit renewal or extension of a lease subject to exceptional legislation. The legislature distinguished between them. Import thereof. The tenant’s continued enjoyment of the leased premises with the landlord’s knowledge and without objection from him. Its import. This constitutes renewal of the previous lease on the same terms and for an indefinite period, and the provisions of Article 567 of the Civil Code apply to its renewal. - A stipulation in a lease that it shall not end until notice is given within a specified time. Its import. The lease ends upon such notice being given within that time. Failure to give it within that time. Its effect. Extension of the original lease for another period; this is not considered a renewal. - Notice to vacate by which a lease ends under the Civil Code. Its nature. An expression of the intention of one party to the contract to end the lease; it must therefore contain an unambiguous indication thereof and may take any form unless the parties stipulate a particular form or means. It need not contain the reason for wishing to terminate.