Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4494

The time limit stipulated in Article One of Law 33 of 2000 concerning claims to ownership of state-owned land. What is meant by it. - Retroactivity of laws - in matters other than criminal matters - may only be established by a law. - Every procedural act validly completed under a law in force remains valid unless otherwise provided. - Conditions for the admissibility of an action and its procedures. They are subject to the law in force when it was brought. - Procedural conditions concerning registration of the statement of claim and publication of its summary do not apply retroactively to actions brought before Law 33 of 2000 came into force. Application of the substantive provisions of Law 18 of 1969 and 5 of 1975 to actions brought in which no final judgment has been issued. Article One of Law 33 of 2000. An example.