Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 219

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

English translation of the principle

Publication of Personal Status Law No. 51/1984 in the Official Gazette on 23/7/1984. Its effect. Everyone is presumed to know it, and no one’s plea of ignorance of its provisions is accepted from that date. Example. Concerning a father marrying off his daughter without her consent in violation of this law.
Arabic original
نشر قانون الأحوال الشخصية رقم ٥١/١٩٨٤ في الجريدة الرسمية في ٢٣/٧/١٩٨٤. أثره. افتراض علم الكافة به فلا يقبل من أحد الاعتذار بجهل أحكامه اعتباراً من هذا التاريخ. مثال. بشأن تزويج أب لابنته بغير موافقتها بالمخالفة لهذا القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦/١٩٨٨ مدني جلسة ٢٣/١/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثالث ص ٤١٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 381. PDF pages: 375.

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