Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 239

The three-month period prescribed in the third paragraph of Article 33 of the former Publications and Publishing Law No. 3 of 1961, within which the compensation action must be brought. A forfeiture period. It must be observed before the civil court or the criminal court, otherwise the right to compensation is extinguished. The challenged judgment’s contravention thereof and its application of the new Law No. 3 of 2006 despite the limitation period having expired on a date preceding its entry into force. A violation of law requiring its cassation. Compensation in the cases of pardon and restitution: