Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2182

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Payment of sums to a scholarship recipient in his capacity as a member of a scholarship mission. Their remaining in his possession without a basis after issuance of a decision withdrawing his scholarship. The limitation period applicable to them is the fifteen-year extinctive limitation period, rather than the limitation period provided for in Article 21 of Law 15/1979. - The general rule for extinctive limitation is fifteen years. It does not change to another period except by a special provision. - 422 - Obligation
Arabic original
صرف مبالغ للمبعوث باعتباره عضو بعثة. بقاؤها تحت يده بغير سند بعد صدور قرار سحب يعثته. التقادم الذي يسري عليها هو التقادم المسقط بخمس عشرة عاماً دون التقادم المنصوص عليه في المادة ٢١ ق١٥/١٩٧٩. - الأصل العام في التقادم المسقط هو خمسة عشر عاماً. عدم تحوله عنها لمدة أخرى إلا بنص خاص. - ٤٢٢ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٨٩/٨٨ تجاري جلسة ٩/٤/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 422. PDF pages: 422.

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