Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1573

The general rule is that a non-Kuwaiti may not engage in trade unless he has a Kuwaiti partner. The exception thereto: funds he deposits with banks or companies or agreements he concludes with them to invest those funds for his account and to deal in foreign currency and precious metals, where this falls within their objects. This includes limited liability companies. - The specific does not repeal the general but constitutes an exception thereto. An example concerning the inclusion of the word companies among those whom the legislature authorized to deal with foreigners in investing their funds under the Commercial Law, and its treatment as an exception to the prohibition imposed on limited liability companies by the Companies Law.