Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3607

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

English translation of the principle

Multiple sureties for a single debt subject to Law 41 of 1993 and its amendments. Does not render any of them liable for the entire debt or a surety for the other co-sureties; the amount of the shortfall in the debt is distributed equally among them after recourse against the debtor. The exception. A pre-existing agreement predating the State’s purchase of these debts providing otherwise, in which case it must be applied.
Arabic original
تعدد الكفلاء لدين واحد خاضع للقانون ٤١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ وتعديلاته . لا يؤدي إلى مسئولية أي منهم عن الدين كله أو كفالته لبقية زملائه ويوزع قيمة العجز في الدين عليهم بالسوية بعد الرجوع على المدين. الاستثناء. وجود اتفاق سابق على تاريخ شراء الدولة لهذه المديونيات يقضي بخلاف ذلك فيكون هو الواجب إعماله.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥/١٩٩٨ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٤/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٣٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 607. PDF pages: 607.

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