Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 671

The requirement of the minor's legal representative's consent to obtaining a passport for him. Its subjection, like all other rights, to the general rule contained in Article 30 of the Civil Code. Its import. It may not be diverted from its purpose or its social function. His abuse of this right. Its effect. An interested party may resort to the courts for a judgment establishing his entitlement to obtain a passport for persons of deficient capacity. The judge's judgment substitutes for the consent stipulated in Article 51 of Law 11 of 1962 concerning Passports(*). Assessment of abuse by the holder of the right. A matter for the court of merits.