Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 650

Substantive conditions for the validity of marriage. Their determination. Its reference. The spouses' nationality if it is the same. Their differing nationalities. Effect thereof. Recourse must be had to the law of each spouse's nationality. - Regulation by the Kuwaiti Personal Status Law of matters of capacity to marry. Effect thereof. It must be applied rather than the Civil Code, which regulates capacity generally. - The young man's attainment of seventeen years of age at the time of authentication of the marriage contract. Effect thereof. The contract is valid and effective and produces all its effects - 145 - Right upon its conclusion. Articles 26, 52, 55/ a of Personal Status Law 51 of 1984.