Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1455

Provisions of laws. Their application to what occurs from the date they come into force. The effect of a new law may not extend to procedures undertaken or situations established before it came into force. - 266 - Civil Procedure - A procedural act validly performed under the old law. Its continued validity under the new law, even if the latter regards it as void. Example concerning the amendment of the Legal Profession Law No. 42 of 1964 by Law 62 of 1996, effective from 22/12/1996, requiring statements of claim in actions whose value exceeds five thousand dinars to be signed by a lawyer.