Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4190

Extinctive limitation. Does not begin to run until the debt becomes due for payment. Article 445/1 of the Civil Code. - Law 78 of 1986 amending Law 18 of 1969 concerning the determination of State property outside the planning boundary retained the 7 plots specified in item (c) of the first paragraph of Article 1 within their owners' private ownership whenever their ownership is established. Its extension of this rule to similar claims not covered by the plan. Its implication: equal treatment under the rule of these plots and other similar plots. Its effect: the owners of these - 820 - Ownership lands may bring their action seeking confirmation of ownership, and the impediment that prevented them from claiming their rights is removed. The commencement of the running of limitation must be calculated from the date of issuance of that law. The judgment's contravention of this and its calculation of the commencement of the running of limitation from the date the State took possession of the disputed land. An error necessitating its cassation.