Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 396

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

English translation of the principle

The law applicable to the effects produced by marriage, if the parties to the action are foreigners, is the law of the husband's nationality at the time the marriage was contracted. What is intended is the substantive rules governing the effects produced by marriage, not procedural matters. - Procedural matters relating to these rules. They are governed by Kuwaiti law. Example: concerning the procedures of an action for marital obedience under Egyptian law.
Arabic original
القانون الواجب التطبيق في الآثار التي يرتبها الزواج إذا كان طرفا الدعوى أجانب هو قانون جنسية الزوج وقت انعقاد الزواج. المقصود هو الأحكام الموضوعية التي يرتبها الزواج دون المسائل الإجرائية. - المسائل الإجرائية التي تتعلق بهذه الأحكام. يحكمها القانون الكويتي .مثال: بشأن إجراءات دعوى الطاعة في القانون المصري.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩/١٩٩٠ أحوال جلسة ٢٦/٤/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثالث ص ٤٢٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 423. PDF pages: 417.

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