Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3075

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Payment orders. The legislature's placing them on the same footing as default judgments. The necessary consequence: they must be served on the debtor personally or at his original domicile or workplace. Articles 129, 169 of the Code of Procedure. Impermissibility of serving them on the administrative authority when the residence is closed. The reason for this. An example of the challenged judgment disregarding service of the payment order on the respondent through the administrative authority and, consequently, the time limit for challenge not beginning to run from it.
Arabic original
أوامر الأداء. إنزال المشرع لها منزلة الأحكام الغيابية. لازم ذلك: وجوب إعلانها إلى شخص المدين أو في موطنه الأصلي أو محل عمله. المادتان ١٢٩، ١٦٩ مرافعات. عدم جواز إعلانها لجهة الإدارة في حالة غلق السكن. علة ذلك. مثال لعدم اعتداد الحكم المطعون فيه بإعلان أمر الأداء إلى المطعون ضدها لجهة الإدارة ومن ثم عدم بدء سريان ميعاد الطعن منه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٥/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٢/١٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص٧٣٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 588. PDF pages: 585.

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