Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 580

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

English translation of the principle

A special law may not be disregarded in order to apply a general law. An example concerning the impermissibility of invoking the provisions of the Civil Code concerning a deposit contract and disregarding the provisions of Article 10 of Law 41 of 1993, as amended, concerning indebtedness. 14- In matters of military personnel’s pensions and gratuities:-
Arabic original
عدم جواز إهدار القانون الخاص لإعمال قانون عام. مثال بشأن عدم جواز التحدي بأحكام القانون المدني في شأن عقد الوديعة وإهدار ما نصت عليه المادة العاشرة من القانون ٤١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ المعدل في شأن المديونيات. ١٤- في مسائل معاشات ومكافآت العسكريين:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٦١/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٨/١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الخامس ص ٧٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 465. PDF pages: 459.

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