Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 173

The legislature’s regulation of commercial agencies relating to ship agents does not affect the rules governing commercial agencies, the manner and grounds of their formation, or the methods of proving it. - Issuance of a decision by the Minister of Communications pursuant to the Maritime Commerce Law renewing the bank guarantee which ship agents are required to deposit and requiring registration of the particulars of the agency contract. The purpose thereof. The determining consideration in applying this rule is the effective date of the law, not that of the ministerial decision which it authorised to determine the amount of the guarantee. 3- Retroactivity of laws:- - Retroactive application of the law:-