Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 140

Prohibition on a non-Kuwaiti engaging in commerce except with a Kuwaiti partner or partners holding at least 51%. The legislator's purpose in this prohibition. Protecting local commerce and safeguarding national commercial activity from competition by the foreign element. This relates to public order. Agreement to contravene it. Its effect. Absolute nullity. - The regulation of commercial shop licenses under Law 32/1969 and their opening and ownership. A matter of public order. - A void contract produces no effect and cannot be ratified; any interested person may invoke its nullity, and the court must declare it of its own motion. - The cause of a contract is one of its constituent elements. An obligation under a contract without cause or for an unlawful cause. Its effect. Nullity of the contract. An article concerning the nullity of a contract for operating a crusher.