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No pay, no way as Kuwait issues 43,290 travel bans

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02/03/2025

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02/03/2025

No pay, no way as Kuwait issues 43,290 travel bans

KUWAIT CITY, March 2: Less than two weeks after the Cabinet approved two draft decrees amending provisions of the Civil and Commercial Procedures and Bankruptcy Laws to reinstate the system of arresting debtors who are unable to repay their debts, the General Administration of Sentences Enforcement at the Ministry of Justice revealed that a total of 2,140,417 creditors had submitted requests during the first half of 2024 to impose executive seizures on debtor properties held by others. These requests were made following final court rulings issued in favor of the creditors to recover their owed money. According to statistics issued by the General Administration of Sentences Enforcement, the number of cars seized for the same reason totaled 42,885 during the same period. There were a total of 43,290 travel ban cases, with 25,149 of these cases having their travel bans lifted after collecting a total of KD 6,183,290.

The statistics also revealed that the total number of various procedures of the administration reached 4,460,069 during the first half of 2024. The procedures for requesting executive seizure of the debtor’s assets held by others accounted for the largest percentage at 48%, while the procedures for opening an alimony file and the procedures for “reopening a file” made up the smallest percentages at 0.01% and 0.02%, respectively. The statistics also indicated that the total number of procedures across various travel ban departments reached 100,323 during the first half of 2024.

The travel ban order due to debt constituted the largest portion, making up about 43.2% with 43,290 procedures. Comparing the procedures of the travel ban departments between the first half of 2024 and the same period in 2023, the statistics revealed a 31.7% increase in the total number of procedures during the second period, due to the rise in procedures across most sections. The procedures for requesting executive seizure of the debtor’s assets held by others accounted for the largest percentage at 48 percent, while the procedures for opening an alimony file and the procedures for “reopening a file” made up the smallest percentages at 0.01 percent and 0.02 percent, respectively.

The statistics also indicated that the total number of procedures in various travel ban departments reached 100,323 during the first half of 2024. The travel ban order due to debt constituted the largest portion, making up about 43.2 percent with 43,290 procedures. Comparing the procedures of the travel ban departments between the first half of 2024 and the same period in 2023, the statistics revealed a 31.7 percent increase in the total number of procedures during the second period, due to the increase in procedures in most sections.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud
 Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff