Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2673

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The legislature's imposition of a particular form for a contract or its amendment. Pursuit of a public interest connected with public policy. Failure to observe the formality. Its effect. Non-existence of the contract or amendment. - The contract of a company with specified liability or any subsequent agreement modifying its effects. Requirement that it be embodied in an official instrument. Failure to do so. Its absolute nullity. Example of the nullity of an agreement amending the company contract for lack of official form - 458 - Commercial and failure to follow the legally prescribed procedures.
Arabic original
فرض المشرع شكلاً معيناً لأحد العقود أو لتعديله. استهداف مصلحة عامة تتصل بالنظام العام. تخلف الشكلية. أثره. انعدام العقد أو التعديل. - عقد الشركة ذات المسؤولية المحددة أو أي اتفاق لاحق معدل لآثاره. استلزام إفراغه في محرر رسمي. تخلف ذلك. بطلانه بطلاناً مطلقاً. مثال لبطلان اتفاق تعديل عقد الشركة لتخلف الرسمية - ٤٥٨ - تجاري وعدم اتباع الإجراءات المقررة قانوناً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ٥/١١/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 458. PDF pages: 458–459.

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