Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2000

Requests concerning lineage and correction of names. They must be submitted to the competent committee for investigation before submission to the judiciary, from the effective date of Decree-Law 1/1988. Contravention thereof. Its consequence. Nullity. - 364 - Civil Procedure - Pending actions not finally determined and reached by Law 1/1988. The competent committee must be instructed to investigate them and submit a report thereon within a year, and the court may proceed to hear and decide them in their existing state. Contravention thereof. Its consequence is nullity.