Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3640

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

English translation of the principle

A plurality of sureties for a single debt subject to the provisions of amended Law 11 of 1993 concerning the State's purchase of certain debts and the manner of their collection, and its amendments. Its effect. The amount of the shortfall in the indebtedness is distributed among them, and a surety is not considered liable for the entire debt or a surety for the remainder of his fellow sureties; the shortfall is distributed equally among them after recourse against the debtor. The condition for this. The absence of an agreement predating the State's purchase of the debt providing otherwise.
Arabic original
تعدد الكفلاء لدين واحد يخضع لأحكام القانون ١١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ المعدل في شأن شراء الدولة لبعض المديونيات وكيفية تحصيلها وتعديلاته. أثره. توزيع قيمة العجز في المديونية عليهم ولا يعتبر الكفيل مسئولاً عن الدين كله أو كفيلاً لبقية زملائه ويوزع العجز بينهم بالسوية بعد الرجوع على المدين. شرط ذلك. عدم وجود اتفاق سابق على تاريخ شراء الدولة للمديونية يقضى على خلافه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤١/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٧/١٢/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد العاشر ص ٥٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 615. PDF pages: 615.

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