Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 474

Subsequent general legislation. Does not impliedly repeal earlier special legislation. The latter is regarded as an exception to the rules of the new legislation. Its condition. That the new legislation is not formulated so as to exclude every exception, or that the two enactments do not conflict in a manner making clear the legislature's intention to repeal the earlier one. Example concerning the enactment of the Civil Code after Law 92 of 1976.