Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4000

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

English translation of the principle

Multiple guarantors for a single debt subject to Law 41 of 1993 and its amendments. This does not render any of them liable for the entire debt or a guarantor for the rest of his fellow guarantors, and the amount of the shortfall in the debt is distributed equally among them after recourse against the debtor. The exception. The existence of an agreement predating the State’s purchase of these debts providing otherwise, in which case that agreement must be applied.
Arabic original
تعدد الكفلاء لدين واحد خاضع للقانون ٤١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ وتعديلاته. لا يؤدي إلى مسئولية أيٍ منهم عن الدين كله أو كفالته لبقية زملائه ويوزع قيمة العجز في الدين عليهم بالسوية بعد الرجوع على المدين. الاستثناء. وجود اتفاق سابق على تاريخ شراء الدولة لهذه المديونيات يقضي بخلاف ذلك فيكون هو الواجب إعماله.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٤/٢٠٠٦ مدني جلسة ٢٥/١٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ٦٣٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 783.

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