Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 721

Service of the judgment or payment order from which the appeal period runs. Its subjection to the general rules prescribed for service of judicial documents. Articles 4-12 of the Code of Procedure. Compliance with these rules renders service valid and effective. Delivery of a copy of the judgment or payment order to the officer in charge of the police station where the person to be served is absent from his original domicile or workplace, and notification thereof to the person served. It is deemed to have been effected at the original domicile or workplace of the person served, thereby commencing the period for appeal or objection. - Delivery of a copy of the notice of the judgment or payment order to the police station in cases requiring this. A legal presumption whereby, on its face, the judgment debtor becomes aware of the judgment document. Its effect. The period for appeal or objection thereto begins to run. The judgment debtor's assertion to the contrary of this apparent position. He must prove that he did not become aware of the fact of service for a reason not attributable to his act or negligence. - A litigant's abandonment of his original domicile without notifying his opponent thereof. Its effect. Service on him at the former domicile is valid, with the copy delivered, where necessary, to the administrative authority. Example concerning the validity of service of a payment order on the appellant at his former address and the commencement of the period for objection thereto because he did not notify the respondent of the change of his residence.