Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2406

Imprisonment of the debtor if he refuses to comply with a final judgment or final payment order despite his ability to pay. Its procedures and conditions. Absence of one of these conditions. Its necessary consequence. Orders must not be issued. - The condition relating to the right claimed. It must be established by a final judgment or final payment order. - 401 - Civil Procedure Its establishment in an instrument recognised as an enforceable instrument does not dispense with the requirement that this condition be fulfilled. The reason for this: a right established by a final judgment or final payment order affords greater reassurance in a matter concerning the debtor’s liberty. - Enforcement of foreign judgments and equivalent instruments:-