Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 207

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Personal Status Law 51 of 1984. Its application as regards persons is to those to whom the Maliki school applies, to the exclusion of others. - Matters connected with religious belief. Rulings therein are based on the outward verbal declaration so long as the apparent circumstances do not belie it. - 377 - Procedure
Arabic original
قانون الأحوال الشخصية ٥١ لسنة ١٩٨٤. سريانه من حيث الأشخاص على من يطبق عليهم المذهب المالكي دون غيرهم. - الأمور التي تتصل بالعقيدة الدينية. تبني الأحكام فيها على الإقرار بظاهر اللسان ما دام لا يكذبه ظاهر الحال. - ٣٧٧ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٠/٢٠٠١ أحوال جلسة ٢٣/٣/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد التاسع ص ٣٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 377. PDF pages: 371.

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