Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1109

Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Decree No. 5 of 1959. Following its issuance, ownership does not transfer between the persons concerned or in relation to others except by registration. The legislature's granting the inhabitants a transitional period of one year for instruments relating to transactions preceding its issuance. Effect. No deed or instrument is admissible in proving the root of title or the right in rem unless its date was established or it was authenticated before the notary public in Kuwait or the Sharia courts before 26/4/1960. Article 14 of the aforementioned Law. - Burden of proving the obligation. On the creditor, and the debtor may prove discharge from it. - 214 - Obligation