Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 602

Disregarding a special law in order to apply a general law is impermissible. The reason. Contradiction of the purpose for which the special law was enacted. Example concerning the impermissibility of limitation under the Law Regulating Obligations Arising from Unlawful Acts, which is a general law, with respect to the liability of the Ports Authority, on the ground that it repealed the provisions of the Ports Law, which is a special law.