Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 70

Provisions concerning methods of challenge. Their temporal scope. Article 2 of the promulgating articles of the Code of Procedure. The judgment’s subjection to provisions establishing new methods of challenge. The criterion is the date the judgment was issued, regardless of any other date or procedure that the law makes the starting point for the period for challenging certain judgments. Its implication. Application of the new law governing challenges to judgments issued while it is in force, but not to judgments issued before the date it enters into force. Example concerning a judgment rejecting a plea of forfeiture of the right to bring the action, issued before the provisions of Law 40 of 1972 concerning Cases of Challenge by Cassation entered into force.