Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3531
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The judge is primarily required to refer to the statutory text itself and apply it to the facts of the action within the limits of its wording. Clarity of the text's meaning. Its necessary consequence. It is impermissible to adopt anything contradicting or restricting it. The reason therefor. Not introducing, through interpretation, a rule differing from the legislator's intent. 12- Its authority to interpret the law:-
Arabic original
القاضي مطالب أساساً بالرجوع إلى نص القانون ذاته وإعماله على واقعة الدعوى في حدود عبارة النص. وضوح دلالة النص. لازمه. عدم جواز الأخذ بما يخالفها أو يقيدها. علة ذلك. عدم استحداث حكم مغاير لمراد الشارع عن طريق التأويل. ١٢- سلطتها في تفسير القانون:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١١٩١/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٤/٥/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٢ ص١٦١)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 670. PDF pages: 667.
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