Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 310

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

English translation of the principle

A clear provision with an evident meaning. Adopting anything contrary to it is impermissible. The reason for this. - Multiple guarantors for a single debt subject to Law 41 of 1993 and its amendments. This does not render any of them liable for the entire debt or a guarantor for the rest of his fellow guarantors, and the amount of the shortfall in the debt is distributed equally among them after recourse against the debtor. The exception. The existence of an agreement predating the State's purchase of these debts that provides otherwise, in which case that agreement must be applied.
Arabic original
النص الواضح جلي المعنى. لايجوز الأخذ بما يخالفه. علة ذلك. - تعدد الكفلاء لدين واحد خاضع للقانون ٤١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ وتعديلاته. لا يؤدي إلى مسئولية أي منهم عن الدين كله أو كفالته لبقية زملائه ويوزع قيمة العجز في الدين عليهم بالسوية بعد الرجوع على المدين. الاستثناء. وجود اتفاق سابق على تاريخ شراء الدولة لهذه المديونيات يقضي بخلاف ذلك فيكون هو الواجب إعماله.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٤/٢٠٠٦ مدني جلسة ٢٥/١٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ٣٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 67. PDF pages: 67.

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