Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4424

Protection of State property within and outside the planning boundary by prohibiting taking possession of it with intent to acquire ownership, disposing of it, attaching it, possessing it, or benefiting from it without permission from the competent administrative authority. The exception. Awarding ownership claimants a special grant subject to specified conditions. The implication thereof. - The provisions of Articles 1, 3 of Law 5/1975 and Articles 13, 14 of Law 5/1959 are addressed to the administrative committees responsible for deciding ownership claims in the former, and to the authority entrusted with registration procedures in the latter, without prejudice to the courts’ right, when hearing actions to establish ownership, to rely on any evidence they find convincing. - Lands situated within the general planning boundary in the areas specified in Article 3 of Law 5/1975 are not invariably State property. Ownership of lands therein may be claimed and legally admissible evidence adduced. The municipality’s assertion of State ownership thereof. Its necessary implication. It must adduce evidence of that ownership.