Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2735

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

English translation of the principle

Decisions issued by the occupation authorities during their occupation of the State of Kuwait abolishing the Kuwaiti currency. Nonexistent. What is relied upon in this regard is the Kuwaiti dinar. The Amiri Order issued in this regard does not entail repeal of what is prescribed under the second paragraph of Article 174 of the Civil Code: the permissibility of agreeing on payment in a foreign currency.
Arabic original
القرارات الصادرة من سلطات الاحتلال إبان احتلالها لدولة الكويت بإلغاء العملة الكويتية. منعدمة. المعول عليه في ذلك هو الدينار الكويتي. الأمر الأميري الصادر في ذلك لا يتضمن إلغاء لما هو مقرر بموجب الفقرة الثانية من المادة ١٧٤ من القانون المدني جواز الاتفاق على الوفاء بعملة أجنبية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥١/٩٨ عمالي جلسة ٢٦/١٠/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٦٣٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 468. PDF pages: 468.

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