Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2889

Payment orders. Their service is subject to the same provisions prescribed for service of default judgments. - 555 - Civil Procedure - Service of a judgment or payment order from which the time limit for appeal runs. It is subject to the general rules prescribed for service of judicial documents. Articles 4-12 of the Civil Procedure Code. Compliance with these rules renders service valid and productive of its effects. Delivery of a copy of the judgment or payment order to the official in charge of the police station where the intended recipient is absent from the original domicile or workplace, and notification of the recipient thereof. It is deemed to have occurred at the recipient's original domicile or workplace, thereby commencing the time limit for appeal or grievance. - Delivery of a copy of the notification of the judgment or payment order to the police station in cases requiring this. A legal presumption whereby, on its face, the judgment debtor is aware of the judgment document. Effect thereof. The time limit for appeal or grievance against it runs. The judgment debtor's assertion to the contrary of this apparent position. It must be proved that the fact of service did not come to that party's knowledge for a reason not attributable to that party's act or default. - A litigant's abandonment of the original domicile without notifying the opposing party thereof. Effect thereof. Validity of service at the former domicile and delivery of the copy, where necessary, to the administrative authority. Example concerning the validity of service of a payment order on the appellant at the former address and commencement of the time limit for a grievance against it because the appellant did not notify the respondent of the change of residence.