Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 232

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

English translation of the principle

Prohibition on the sale of undivided shares in land for which no subdivision has been issued, except after obtaining municipal permission. Article 1 of Decree-Law 92/1976 is a general, clear and explicit provision that is not directed at a particular type of sale. There is no scope for examining the legislative rationale to restrict it. The reason therefor.
Arabic original
حظر بيع الحصص الشائعة في أرض لم يصدر بها تقسيم إلا بعد الحصول على إذن البلدية المادة الأولى من المرسوم بقانون ٩٢/١٩٧٦ نص عام واضح جلي لا ينصرف إلى نوع معين من البيوع. لا محل للبحث في حكمة التشريع لتقيده. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٩، ٣٠/١٩٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/١/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثالث ص ٤٣٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 384. PDF pages: 378.

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