Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4501

The general planning boundary. All land lying outside it is deemed State-owned. Land within the plan. Considered to lie within the bounds of individuals' private ownership, except for what is established to be owned by the State through one of - 886 - Ownership the legally prescribed means. Individuals and private bodies may claim ownership thereof and adduce evidence of it without being bound by Law No. 5 of 1975, which sought to protect State property within the planning boundary. Reason: that Law contains nothing indicating that land within the planning boundary is State-owned. Effect. A claim to ownership of land therein is not subject to the procedures prescribed in Article 1 of Law 33 of 2000 concerning Claims to Ownership of State Real Estate.