Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1555

The seller’s obligation to deliver the thing sold. Due immediately upon completion of the contract unless another date is agreed or the nature of the thing sold or custom requires a specified period to elapse for that delivery. Articles 474, Civil Code, and 131, Commercial Code. - The seller may not withhold delivery on the ground that the purchaser is a foreigner and does not meet the conditions necessary for licensing the car that is the subject of the sale. The reason therefor: determining whether the conditions are met is entrusted to the General Traffic Department. - The person in whose name the car licence is issued. Is its owner regardless of his breach of his contractual obligations towards the seller. - 295 - Obligation - The car sale contract containing a retention-of-title clause until payment of the price in full. Nullity of that clause on grounds of public policy. The reason therefor: it prevents ownership from passing to the purchaser in whose name it is licensed. Article 5 bis, Traffic Law. - The seller’s and purchaser’s obligation to undertake the procedures for transfer of ownership of the car within a specified period. Article 11, Traffic Law. - Transfer of ownership of the car. How it is effected. Example.