Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2597

The signature of the chairman of the board of directors is equivalent to the signature of the board of directors in the company's relationship with third parties. The deputy chairman may replace him and sign on behalf of the company. The condition therefor: the absence of the chairman of the board of directors, who is the company's statutory representative. Its effect. The burden of proving the validity of the deputy chairman's representative authority. It falls upon whoever invokes the effects of a contract concluded by the deputy without the company's ratification. Article 147 of Law 15 of 1960 promulgating the Commercial Companies Law.