Decree-Law No. 88 of 2026 Promulgating the Law Establishing the Economic Circuits

Decree-Law No. 88 of 2026
Promulgating the Law Establishing the Economic Circuits

Articles of Promulgation

Article One

The provisions of the attached Law on the Establishment of the Economic Circuits shall be applied.

Article Two

The Economic Circuits shall apply, to the disputes provided for in the attached Law, the provisions contained in the substantive laws in force, and the rules and procedures prescribed in this Law shall be followed before them.
In matters for which no special provision is made in the attached Law, these Circuits shall apply the procedures provided for in the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law, the Law Establishing the Administrative Circuit, the Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters and the Law Regulating Expertise referred to above, and in all other procedural laws relevant to the subject matter of the dispute, insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of the attached Law.
* Corrected by the Corrigendum published in Kuwait Al-Youm (Issue No. 1812, 11 October 2026).

Article Three

The Capital Markets Court established by Law No. (7) of 2010 referred to above, and the judicial circuits competent to hear economic cases, shall continue to hear the economic cases, applications and appeals relating thereto that were registered with them before the date on which the provisions of this Decree-Law come into force, until they are decided.
The rules and procedures provided for in the attached Law shall apply to the cases referred to the Economic Circuits under the provisions of the attached Law as from the date of referral, without prejudice to the validity of the procedures taken before the referring court.

Article Four

The provisions of Law No. (17) of 1973 referred to above shall apply to all litigation procedures set out in the attached Law, and the Executive Regulations of the attached Law shall determine the amount of the judicial and administrative fees due for conciliation and enforcement procedures and for everything relating to the application of its provisions, insofar as this does not contravene the provisions of the aforementioned Law.

Article Five

The Minister of Justice shall issue the Executive Regulations of the attached Law as from the date of publication of this Decree-Law and before 1 October 2027, and shall also issue all the decisions necessary for the implementation of its provisions.

Article Six

Every provision that conflicts with the provisions of this Decree-Law is hereby repealed.

Article Seven

The Prime Minister and the Ministers, each within their own competence, shall implement this Decree-Law, which shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into force as from 1 October 2027.

Law on the Establishment of the Economic Circuits

Part One – Definitions

Article 1

In applying the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to each of them:
Minister: the Minister of Justice.
Economic Dispute: any civil, commercial or administrative dispute falling within the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit in accordance with the provisions of this Law, whether that jurisdiction is established by reference to the subject matter of the dispute, the law from whose application it arose or the decisions issued in implementation of or pursuant to that law, or the capacity of its parties, or whether that jurisdiction has been extended to it. Administrative disputes relating to the affairs of civil servants and disputes relating to employees shall not be considered Economic Disputes.
Economic Activity: an activity regulated by the laws falling within the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit as set out in this Law, and which involves production, trading, investment, financing or the provision of services of a financial or commercial nature.
Suspension of a Financial Transaction: a temporary precautionary measure issued by judicial order, the effect of which is to prevent the debtor temporarily, for a specified period, from carrying out a specific transaction that would result in a transfer of ownership or a reduction of the debtor’s patrimony, or in the creation of rights in favour of third parties over it, without prejudice to the obligations and rights established by the laws in force and in a manner that does not result in obstructing an enforceable judicial judgment.
Electronic Platform: a website dedicated to following up litigation procedures before the Economic Circuit and to publishing the procedures for the enforcement of its judgments.
Regulations: the Executive Regulations of this Law.

Part Two – Establishment and Composition of the Economic Circuits

Article 2

One or more Economic Circuits shall be established at the Court of First Instance, the seat of which shall be determined by a decision of the Minister after the approval of the Supreme Judicial Council. Each Circuit shall be composed of three judges and shall have exclusive jurisdiction to decide Economic Disputes and substantive enforcement disputes relating to the judgments issued therein, and its judgment shall be final where the value of the claim does not exceed ten thousand dinars.
The Economic Circuits shall consist of civil and commercial circuits having jurisdiction to decide civil and commercial Economic Disputes, and administrative circuits having exclusive jurisdiction to decide administrative Economic Disputes.
The General Assembly of the Court of First Instance may assign one or more circuits to decide one or more of the Economic Disputes falling within the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuits, and may also assign one or more circuits to decide the grievances provided for in this Law.

Article 3

The Court of First Instance shall delegate one or more judges having jurisdiction to decide on a provisional basis, without prejudice to the merits of the right, the matters in which there is a risk from the lapse of time and which fall within the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit, as well as provisional enforcement objections; appeals against the judgments issued in this respect shall be brought before the Economic Appellate Circuit.
Such judge shall also have jurisdiction to issue orders on petitions and payment orders in matters that the Economic Circuit has jurisdiction to hear, and grievances against the decisions and orders issued in this respect shall be brought before that Circuit, whose judgment on the grievance shall be final where the value of the payment order does not exceed ten thousand dinars.
The Economic Circuits shall have jurisdiction to decide urgent matters and applications for orders on petitions where these are brought before them as ancillary to the original action, and appeals against the decisions issued by them in that case shall be brought before the Economic Appellate Circuit.

Article 4

The time limit for appealing judgments issued in urgent matters shall be fifteen days from the date on which the judgment is pronounced or notified, as the case may be.
The time limit for a grievance against orders on petitions shall be ten days from the date of notification of the order.

Article 5

One or more Economic Appellate Circuits shall be established at the Court of Appeal, each composed of three Counsellors of that Court, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction to decide appeals against the judgments issued by the Economic Circuits at the Court of First Instance.
The judgment issued on appeal shall be final where the value of the claim does not exceed thirty thousand dinars, except in the cases set out in Clauses (2), (3) and (4) of Article (6) of this Law.

Article 6

One or more Economic Circuits shall be established at the Court of Cassation, having exclusive jurisdiction to hear appeals against the judgments issued by the Economic Appellate Circuits in the following cases:
1- If the value of the claim exceeds thirty thousand dinars or is of unassessable value.
2- If the judgment was issued declaring a lack of jurisdiction.
3- If the judgment was issued in breach of the rules of jurisdiction by value or by subject matter.
4- If the final judgment decided a dispute contrary to another judgment previously issued between the same litigants that has acquired the force of res judicata.
The time limit for an appeal in cassation shall be thirty days from the date on which the judgment is pronounced or notified, as the case may be; if the appeal is accepted on the basis of Clause (2) or (3) of this Article, the case shall be referred to the competent circuit to decide the merits.

Article 7

By way of exception to the provisions of the Judiciary Organisation Law referred to above, the President of the Court of Appeal may, on the President’s own initiative or at the request of one of the Economic Appellate Circuits, where there is a conflict between final judgments issued on the same legal question between different litigants, refer the matter to the panel formed at the Court of Cassation under the aforementioned Law to unify the opinion on that question.

Article 8

Final judgments issued by the Economic Circuits may be challenged by way of a petition for reconsideration in accordance with the circumstances, time limits and procedures prescribed in the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law referred to above.
A petition for reconsideration of orders against which no grievance has been lodged shall be brought before the Economic Circuit at the Court of First Instance.
In all cases, the judgment issued on the petition shall be final and shall not be subject to challenge by any means of challenge.

Article 9

A Technical Office for the Economic Circuits shall be established at the Court of First Instance, its competences being determined by a decision of the Supreme Judicial Council. It shall be composed of a head whose rank is not lower than that of Counsellor and a sufficient number of Counsellors and judges, who shall be delegated by a decision of the Minister after the approval of the Supreme Judicial Council for a renewable term of two years.
The Technical Office may also, where necessary, seek the assistance of experts in the fields of economics and investment, and the Minister shall issue a decision determining their duties, the rules governing their work, the duration of their engagement and the remuneration prescribed for them.

Article 10

When assigning judges to work in all the Economic Circuits or delegating them thereto, regard shall be had to their being among those who have appropriate experience in disputes of an economic nature or who have received specialised training in this field.
The Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies shall, in coordination with the Supreme Judicial Council, prepare and implement continuous training programmes for the judges of these Circuits, the members of their Technical Office and the experts whose assistance is sought, so as to ensure the development of their competence in hearing these disputes; these programmes and their results shall be taken into account when assigning or delegating judges to work in these Circuits.

Part Three – Jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit

Article 11

The Economic Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction to decide the following Economic Disputes:
1- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (32) of 1968 on Currency, the Central Bank of Kuwait and the Regulation of the Banking Profession.
2- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (7) of 2010 on the Establishment of the Capital Markets Authority and the Regulation of Securities Activities.
3- Actions brought between clients and banks, or banking and financial companies and institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Kuwait or the Capital Markets Authority, where their value exceeds one hundred thousand Kuwaiti dinars.
4- Disputes arising between partners, shareholders or quota holders, or between any of them and the company, and applications for the dissolution and liquidation of the company and for calling its managers to account, in respect of joint-stock companies whatever their capital, all other commercial companies whose capital exceeds one hundred thousand Kuwaiti dinars, and companies licensed by the Direct Investment Promotion Authority whatever their capital. The provisions of this Clause shall not apply to professional companies that are not licensed by the Authority.
5- Disputes relating to the investment of non-Kuwaiti capital in economic activity within the State of Kuwait.
6- Disputes arising from oil contracting contracts performed within the State of Kuwait.
7- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (39) of 2010 on the Establishment of Kuwaiti Joint-Stock Companies to Undertake the Construction and Implementation of Electric Power Generation and Water Desalination Plants in Kuwait.
8- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (116) of 2013 on the Promotion of Direct Investment.
9- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (116) of 2014 on Public-Private Partnerships.
10- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (13) of 2015 Approving the Trademark Law (Regulation).
11- Financial and contractual disputes arising from the performance of contracts concluded in accordance with the provisions of Law No. (49) of 2016 on Public Tenders, where their value exceeds one hundred thousand Kuwaiti dinars; excluding disputes relating to the procedures of tendering, qualification and award and to the complaints and grievances submitted in respect thereof before the competent authorities and the Grievances Committee provided for in the aforementioned Law.
12- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (72) of 2020 on Competition Protection.
13- Disputes arising from the application of the provisions of Law No. (118) of 2023 on the Establishment of Companies for the Construction of Cities or Residential Areas and their Economic Development.
14- Economic and financial disputes relating to the encouragement, support and protection of national industry, and to the incentives, privileges and exemptions granted to industrial projects and the financial dues and obligations arising therefrom, which arise from the application of the provisions of Decree-Law No. (144) of 2025 Promulgating the Unified Industrial Regulation Law (Regulation) of the GCC States and of all other laws regulating industrial activity, to the exclusion of their other provisions, in particular administrative decisions relating to industrial licensing and registration, oversight and sanctions, and matters for which the law has provided a grievance body or a special jurisdiction.
15- Disputes relating to patents and industrial designs and models.
16- Disputes arising from other administrative contracts whose value exceeds one hundred thousand Kuwaiti dinars, except appointment and employment contracts.
17- Orders for the enforcement of judgments and orders issued in a foreign State, where their subject matter relates to a dispute that would fall within the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit had it been brought originally before the Kuwaiti courts, in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed in the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law referred to above.

Article 12

Without prejudice to the rules of subject-matter jurisdiction of the courts, the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit shall extend to the following:
1- Disputes arising from contracts whose subject matter falls within its jurisdiction, whatever the legal basis of the action, including actions concerning the validity, nullity, annulment, rescission, termination, simulation or unenforceability of contracts.
2- Incidental requests and requests connected with the disputes falling within its jurisdiction.
3- Claims for compensation arising from the disputes falling within its jurisdiction or connected therewith, whether brought by way of an original action or as ancillary to it.

Part Four – Dispute Settlement and Conciliation

Article 13

A Dispute Settlement and Conciliation Office for Economic Disputes shall be established, reporting to the Technical Office of the Economic Circuits, and its headship shall be entrusted to one of the judges delegated to work therein.
Original substantive actions, as soon as they are registered, and actions referred to the Circuit from other courts, as soon as they are received, shall mandatorily be submitted to this Office, and shall not be referred to the competent Economic Circuit until settlement or conciliation has proved impossible. Excepted from this are urgent actions, orders on petitions, payment orders, applications for enforcement and for stay of enforcement, provisional and precautionary measures and matters in which there is a risk from the lapse of time, and applications for the annulment of administrative decisions together with the related claims for compensation and applications to stay their implementation.
The Regulations shall set out the rules and provisions relating to the working system of this Office and the mechanism and procedures of settlement and conciliation, all subject to the provisions of this Law.

Article 14

The Settlement Office shall examine the dispute and endeavour between its parties to settle it or to reconcile them within a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of registration of the action or of submission of the settlement request, as the case may be.
This period may be extended by agreement of the parties for one or more further periods, provided that the total period does not exceed three months from the date of submission to the Office; if this period expires without a settlement or conciliation being reached, the Office shall refer the dispute to the competent Economic Circuit to hear it.
The period during which settlement procedures are in progress shall not be counted within the limitation and forfeiture periods prescribed by law.

Article 15

If a settlement or conciliation agreement is reached, a record thereof shall be drawn up and signed by the litigants or their attorneys and by the competent employee of the Settlement Office, and approved by the head of the Office; this record shall have the force of an enforceable instrument, the executory formula shall be affixed to it, and a copy of it shall be delivered in accordance with the rules prescribed for the delivery of copies of judgments.
Approval of the conciliation record shall result in the termination of the dispute and the extinction of the proceedings therein without the need to submit it to the competent Economic Circuit.
If the agreement is limited to some of the claims, a record shall be drawn up of what has been agreed and the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall apply to it, and the matters not covered by the agreement shall be referred to the competent Economic Circuit to decide them.

Article 16

If a settlement or conciliation cannot be reached, or the defendant fails to attend despite having been notified, the Settlement Office shall automatically refer the action to the Case Preparation Office, together with a brief report on the procedures taken.
All deliberations, discussions, offers, negotiations and documents prepared for the purposes of settlement shall be confidential, and the offers, concessions or statements made by the litigants during them may not be invoked before the competent Economic Circuit. Such confidentiality shall not extend to documents and evidence that predate the settlement procedures or exist independently of them, and these shall not be deemed covered by it merely because they were presented or circulated during those procedures.

Part Five – Case Preparation and the Conduct of Proceedings

Article 17

An office called the “Case Preparation Office” shall be established, reporting to the Technical Office of the Economic Circuits, with a sufficient number of employees attached to it. The supporting documents shall be submitted with the statement of claim when it is registered, except for actions whose proof does not rest on documents and actions in which the plaintiff provides an excuse, accepted by the competent Circuit, for being unable to attach all or some of the action’s documents.
Immediately upon the referral of the action to it by the Dispute Settlement and Conciliation Office, or upon its registration, as the case may be, and before its submission to the competent Economic Circuit, the Office shall examine the case file to verify that its particulars are complete and its documents are complete, and shall register it in the electronic litigation system.
If it becomes apparent to the Case Preparation Office or to the Dispute Settlement and Conciliation Office that the action does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Economic Circuit, it shall be submitted, without being bound by the procedures provided for in Part Four of this Law, to the Circuit before which it was brought, to decide the question of jurisdiction expeditiously.
The Office may authorise the litigants to obtain the documents necessary for the action, and shall verify that the procedures prescribed in Part Four of this Law have been completed and that the litigants have been validly notified of the statement of claim and the documents attached to it.
The person notified shall send their defence and documents to the Office within fifteen days from the date of being lawfully notified of the statement of claim, and the Office shall set a hearing for the action before the competent Economic Circuit and notify the litigants of it within three days of the expiry of the said time limit; in all cases, no hearing may be set before the litigants have been notified of the statement of claim.
A statement of claim may not be registered at the outset unless the supporting documents are attached to it.
The Regulations shall set out the rules and provisions relating to the establishment of the Office and its working mechanism, all subject to the provisions of this Law.

Article 18

An Electronic Platform shall be established for the Economic Circuits, through which all procedures before them shall be conducted in accordance with the electronic litigation system prescribed in the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law referred to above.
An electronic file shall be created for each action or application, in which shall be entered the data relating to the litigants, all litigation and enforcement procedures, the judgments, orders and decisions issued in Economic Disputes, and the memoranda and documents filed by the litigants; the right to access it shall be restricted to the persons concerned and their attorneys.
Without prejudice to the confidentiality of data and to the protection of the privacy and rights of the persons concerned, a database shall be established through the Electronic Platform containing the final judgments and judicial principles issued by the Economic Circuits, after removing from them anything that reveals the identity of the litigants, their personal data or any information that the laws or the Circuit require to be kept confidential, in accordance with technical and organisational controls issued by a decision of the Minister after obtaining the opinion of the Supreme Judicial Council.
The Regulations shall set out the rules and provisions governing the operation of this Platform and the procedures for its use.

Article 19

The litigants may not submit any memoranda or documents after the expiry of the time limits set for their submission before the Case Preparation Office; however, the Economic Circuit may accept them if it is established to it that the delay was due to an acceptable excuse or to technical reasons beyond the litigant’s control.
The Economic Circuit shall decide the action or appeal even in the absence of the litigants and without pleadings, unless it considers pleadings necessary, in which case it may accept memoranda and documents and hear the statements of the litigants in person or remotely, using modern electronic communication technologies between the parties to the action; the application of the provisions of this Article shall not prejudice the public nature of the hearing and of the pronouncement of the judgment.
The Regulations shall set out the rules and provisions governing this.

Article 20

If an action for the preparation of evidence is not combined with a specific substantive claim, the Case Preparation Office shall, after submitting it to the Technical Office, refer it to the General Department of Experts by a decision signed by one of the judges delegated to work at the Technical Office, for the preparation of a report in the action.
The Office shall also notify the litigants of the report as soon as it is received, so that they may comment on it within fifteen days from the date of notification; after the expiry of this time limit, the action shall be referred to the Dispute Settlement and Conciliation Office to endeavour to settle it amicably in the light of the conclusions of the report. If a settlement or conciliation is achieved, this shall be recorded in the manner set out in Article (15) of this Law and the dispute shall end; otherwise, the action shall be referred to the competent Economic Circuit to decide it.

Article 21

The Economic Circuit shall, at the request of the defendant, rule that the action is deemed never to have been filed if the defendant has not been summoned to appear within thirty days from the date of submission of the statement of claim to the Clerks’ Department and this is attributable to an act of the plaintiff; the period taken by the settlement and conciliation procedures provided for in Part Four of this Law shall not be counted within this time limit.

Article 22

If neither the plaintiff nor the defendant attends the first hearing or any other hearing, the Circuit shall decide the action if it is ready for judgment; otherwise, it shall decide to strike it out, after verifying the validity of the notification. The Circuit shall decide to strike out the action where both parties attend and agree to strike it out, and the Circuit shall grant their request; if the plaintiff or the appellant fails to attend for the second time, the Circuit shall, instead of striking it out, deem the action never to have been filed; and if the absent litigant attends before the end of the hearing, the striking out shall be deemed never to have occurred.
The Circuit shall rule that the action is deemed never to have been filed if neither party attends after the proceedings have been resumed, or if none of the litigants notifies the other of the resumption of the action within thirty days of its being struck out; the period of striking out shall be included in the calculation of this time limit if it is repeated, even if not continuous, and the time limit shall be deemed observed only if the notification reaches the litigant before its expiry.

Article 23

The action may be stayed by agreement of the litigants not to proceed with it for a period not exceeding two months from the date on which the Economic Circuit approves their agreement; such a stay shall have no effect on any mandatory time limit that the law may have set for taking a procedure.
If the period of the agreed stay expires and none of the litigants expedites the proceedings by notifying the other litigant thereof within the fifteen days following the end of that period, the Economic Circuit shall rule that the action is deemed never to have been filed.
This time limit shall apply to a stay imposed as a penalty.

Article 24

The General Department of Experts shall entrust a sufficient number of its experts and of experts of practical knowledge, to the exclusion of others, with carrying out the expert work referred to it by the Economic Circuit or by the Case Preparation Office, as the case may be, provided that the expert files their report within sixty days from the date, specified in the judgment or decision, of commencement of the assignment, unless the Economic Circuit decides to shorten or extend that time limit where there is reason to do so.

Part Six – Enforcement of Judgments

Article 25

A special department shall be established for the enforcement of the judgments, orders, decisions and conciliation records issued under this Law, reporting to the General Department of Enforcement provided for in the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law referred to above, and a sufficient number of judges shall be delegated to work in it.
The Department shall include experts in accounting, securities, asset valuation and other specialisations necessary for enforcement, to give their opinion on matters relating to the identification, valuation or sale of the assets subject to enforcement and other enforcement procedures; their assistance shall be engaged by a decision of the Minister.
All enforcement procedures and their notification shall be carried out by those delegated from among enforcement officers and process servers, a sufficient number of employees shall be attached to the Department, and a number of police officers shall be delegated to it to assist in enforcement.
The organisation of the Enforcement Department of the Economic Circuit shall be governed by a decision of the Minister issued on the proposal of the head of the General Department of Enforcement.

Article 26

All enforcement applications and procedures shall be conducted through the Electronic Platform; such procedures shall include notices, notifications, the registration of applications for taking enforcement measures against the debtor, attachment orders and sale records, and everything recorded on the Platform shall have the same legal authority as that established for paper procedures.
Electronic signatures and legally approved digital identity shall be recognised in all transactions and procedures carried out through the Platform, and all correspondence issued by it shall be deemed legal notifications producing their effects pursuant to the provisions of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law referred to above and as provided in the Regulations.
By way of exception to this rule, they may be conducted through ordinary procedures if conducting them electronically is impossible for any reason.

Article 27

A direct and secure electronic linkage system with the relevant authorities shall be established in the Enforcement Department.
This linkage shall be relied upon in issuing orders for attachment, transfer, transfer of ownership and sale of assets, without the need for paper correspondence, in accordance with the controls issued by a decision of the Minister in coordination with the competent authorities and as provided in the Regulations, with due regard to the protection of confidentiality and the security of information.

Article 28

The Enforcement Judge shall exercise all the powers prescribed by law to ensure the speedy enforcement of the judgments and orders issued by the Economic Circuit and may, in particular, issue, on the judge’s own initiative or at the request of the persons concerned, the following orders:
1- The levying of attachment on funds, movables, real property and intangible rights.
2- The freezing of the debtor’s bank accounts or securities.
3- Prohibiting the debtor from travelling where there is serious evidence that the debtor is smuggling their assets or prejudicing the rights of their creditors.
4- Ordering the taking of any precautionary measure provided for by law that the judge considers necessary to preserve the subject matter of the right or to secure enforcement.
These orders may be issued urgently and without notifying the debtor, where delay would endanger the recovery of the right, provided that the debtor is notified of them immediately upon their issuance.
The debtor may lodge a grievance against the order before the competent Economic Circuit within ten days from the date of being notified of it, and the Circuit shall decide the grievance expeditiously.
The judgment issued on the grievance may be appealed before the Economic Appellate Circuit in accordance with the time limits and procedures prescribed by law, and the judgment issued on appeal shall not be subject to appeal in cassation.

Article 29

If it becomes apparent to the Enforcement Judge that the debtor is deliberately procrastinating, concealing their assets, disposing of them to the detriment of their creditors or obstructing enforcement procedures, the judge may, at the request of the creditor, issue a temporary order suspending the debtor’s financial dealings and freezing their accounts with banks and investment companies, or take any other measure provided for by law that the judge considers necessary to protect the rights of the creditors, including the Suspension of a Financial Transaction, without prejudice to the obligations and rights established by the laws in force or to the rights of bona fide third parties.
The debtor shall be notified of the order immediately upon its issuance and may lodge a grievance against it before the competent Economic Circuit within ten days from the date of being notified of it, and the Circuit shall decide the grievance expeditiously. The judgment issued on the grievance may be appealed before the Economic Appellate Circuit in accordance with the time limits and procedures prescribed by law, and the judgment issued on appeal shall not be subject to appeal in cassation.

Article 30

The Enforcement Judge may, at the request of the persons concerned, approve amicable settlements, repayment schedules or judicial compromises relating to enforcement, and a record thereof shall be drawn up, signed by the parties and approved by the competent judge.
This record shall be deemed an enforceable instrument in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law referred to above. Such settlements may be carried out through the Electronic Platform of the Economic Circuit, and their approval by the judge shall constitute an enforceable instrument not subject to challenge in any manner.

Article 31

The first objection to enforcement shall result in the stay of the enforcement procedures by operation of law until the objection is decided, struck out or stayed as a penalty, and the competent Economic Circuit may order the continuation of enforcement at the request of the party against whom the objection is raised.
A second objection, and any subsequent one, shall not result in a stay of enforcement upon its submission, unless the competent Economic Circuit orders such a stay for serious reasons stated in its decision.

Article 32

The Enforcement Department shall conduct sale procedures by electronic or public auction, and the auction shall be announced in the Official Gazette, on the Electronic Platform of the Economic Circuit and through approved modern means of publication.
Where conducted electronically, bidding shall take place under the supervision of the competent judge.
In all cases, the proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the account of the Enforcement Department.
The Regulations shall set out all the controls and rules necessary for the application of the provisions of this Article.

Issued on 8 September 2026 and published in the Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm on 13 September 2026.