Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 585

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

English translation of the principle

Prohibition on a non-Kuwaiti engaging in trade individually. Excepted therefrom: funds deposited by a non-Kuwaiti with banks and companies and agreements he concludes with them to invest his funds and to deal in foreign currency and precious metals whenever this falls within those companies' objects. Article 1, Law 45/1989. Its application to transactions preceding its entry into force. The reason for this.
Arabic original
حظر اشتغال غير الكويتي بالتجارة منفرداً. يستثنى من ذلك: ما يودعه غير الكويتي من أموال لدى البنوك والشركات وما يبرمه من اتفاقات معها لاستثمار أمواله وللتعامل في النقد الأجنبي والمعادن الثمينة متى كان يدخل ضمن أغراض هذه الشركات. م ١ ق ٤٥/١٩٨٩. سريانه على المعاملات السابقة على العمل به. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٩/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٣/١١/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ١١٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 110. PDF pages: 110.

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