Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2046

Laws concerning prescription. Apply from their entry into force to every prescription period not yet completed. - The three-month period stipulated in the third paragraph of Article 33 of the former Publications and Publishing Law No. 3 of 1961, within which an action for compensation must be brought. A forfeiture period. It must be observed - 390 - Obligation before the civil court or the criminal court, otherwise the right to compensation is forfeited. The challenged judgment's contravention thereof and its application of the new Law No. 3 of 2006 despite completion of the prescription period before its entry into force. Contravention of the law requiring cassation.