Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 236

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

English translation of the principle

Where the statutory text is clear and manifest, there is no room to seek guidance from the legislative rationale; that is appropriate when it is ambiguous. - Where the legislative texts regulating the substantive provisions on gifts in the Civil Law are clear, there is no room to refer to their source in Islamic Sharia. - 384 - Procedure
Arabic original
متى كان النص القانوني واضحاً جلياً فلا محل للاستهداء بحكمة التشريع محل ذلك عند غموضه. - متى كانت النصوص التشريعية المنظمة بالأحكام الموضوعية في الهبة في القانوني المدني واضحة فلا محل للرجوع إلى مصدرها بالشريعة الإسلامية. - ٣٨٤ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢/١٩٨٨ مدني جلسة ٣/٥/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثالث ص ٤٣١)

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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