Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2621

Law 36 of 1964 concerning the Regulation of Commercial Agencies. Its inclusion of the general provisions for those agencies. Its effect. The rule that no unregistered agency is recognized and no action concerning it is heard applies to all commercial agencies except those for which a different provision exists. Article 2/2 thereof. The promulgation of the Commercial Code at a later date and its regulation of the contract agency agreement. Its requirement that the agreement be established in writing. Article 274 thereof. A special provision within its scope of application to contract agency. Its implication. The legislature deemed proof thereof in writing sufficient without subjecting it to the registration requirement. - A distribution agreement. Its subjection to the provisions governing contract agency. Article 286 of the Commercial Code. The legislature's deliberate omission of a provision applying Article 274 to it. Its implication. It may be proved by all legally permissible means of proof, without requiring proof in writing. Its effect. Repeal of the requirement in Law 36 of 1964 that it be registered.