Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4006

Application of the general provisions on obligations in the Civil Code where no special provision exists. The Commercial Law’s omission of special provisions concerning the extent of discharge of the surety in certain cases. The Civil Code must be applied. - The surety may request his discharge if the creditor fails to take proceedings against the debtor within three months from the date of the surety’s formal notice to him, unless the debtor provides the surety with sufficient security. The meaning of the proceedings that the creditor must take in this regard. The appealed judgment’s departure from this view. Its effect.