Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2432

Protection of State property inside and outside the planning boundary, and prohibition of taking possession of it with the intention of acquiring ownership, disposing of it, attaching it, possessing it or benefiting from it without permission from the competent administrative authority. Exception. Awarding ownership claimants a special grant subject to certain conditions. Implication thereof. Exclusion of claims within the planning boundary from the grant system. - The provisions in Articles 3 and 5 of Law 5/1975, and Articles 13 and 14 of Law 5/1959, are addressed to the administrative committees responsible for determining ownership claims in respect of the former, and to the authority entrusted with registration procedures in respect of the latter, without prejudice to the courts’ right, when hearing actions to establish ownership, to rely on any evidence they find convincing. - Lands situated within the general planning boundary in the areas specified in Article 3 of Law 5/1975 are not always among the properties. It is permissible to claim ownership of land therein and adduce legally admissible evidence thereof. The municipality’s claim that the State owns it. Its necessary consequence. It must adduce evidence thereof.