Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1423

The provision in Personal Status Law 51/1984 requiring the intervention of the Public Prosecution in matters relating to public policy, including lineage actions, not correction of names. A procedural rule applicable to all actions, whatever the nationality or faith of the litigants or the school of jurisprudence applicable to them. - Intervention by the Public Prosecution in the circumstances specified in Article 338 of Law 51/1984. A mandatory procedure relating to public policy. The consequence of its omission. Absolute nullity. Determination of the action without the Public Prosecution intervening therein. Nullity of the judgment.