Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 974

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

English translation of the principle

An application for a composition to avert bankruptcy under the provisions of Law 41 of 1993. Its subjection to the procedures and provisions prescribed by the legislature as an exception to the procedures and provisions contained in the Commercial Law. Hearing the statements of creditors who wish to be heard and the requirement for the approval of a quarter of those holding half the debts as a condition for the court's ratification of the composition. Among the excepted procedures. Its effect. These creditors must be joined as parties for a ruling to continue the declaration of bankruptcy or approve the composition to avert bankruptcy. Articles 14, 17 of the said law.
Arabic original
طلب الصُلح الواقي من الإفلاس وفقاً لأحكام القانون ٤١ لسنة ١٩٩٣. خضوعه للإجراءات والأحكام التي قررها المشرع استثناء من الإجراءات والأحكام الواردة في قانون التجارة. سماع أقوال من يرغب من الدائنين ووجوب موافقة ربع الحائزين منهم على نصف الديون كشرط لتصديق المحكمة على الصُلح. من الإجراءات المستثناة. أثره. وجوب اختصام هؤلاء الدائنين للقضاء بالاستمرار في شهر الإفلاس أو الموافقة على الصُلح الواقي. المادتان ١٤، ١٧ من القانون المذكور.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٣٣٤، ٧٤١/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٤/١٠/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص ٣٦١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 551. PDF pages: 545.

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