Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 224

The prohibition on a non-Kuwaiti engaging in commerce in Kuwait personally or through investment unless he has a Kuwaiti partner holding not less than 51% of the business's total capital. The legislature's purpose in this prohibition and its connection to public policy. The effect of contravening it. Absolute nullity. Persons engaged in simple crafts or small-scale commerce, such as itinerant vendors and small shopkeepers, are excepted from this prohibition. An example of what is not regarded as such, based on the scale of the activity and the equipment and decorations with which the business was fitted out. - Assessment of whether the activity undertaken by a non-Kuwaiti constitutes commercial activities he is prohibited from undertaking. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition for this.