Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 589

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

English translation of the principle

The impermissibility of disregarding a special law to apply a general law. An example concerning the impermissibility of invoking the provisions of the Civil Code concerning a deposit contract and disregarding what Article Ten of Law 41 of 1993, as amended, concerning Indebtedness provides. - Money:-
Arabic original
عدم جواز إهدار القانون الخاص لإعمال قانون عام. مثال بشأن عدم جواز التحدي بأحكام القانون المدني في شأن عقد الوديعة وإهدار ما نصت عليه المادة العاشرة من القانون ٤١ لسنة ١٩٩٣ المعدل في شأن المديونيات. - نقود:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٦١/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٨/١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٧٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 111. PDF pages: 111.

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