(Fatwa and Legislation): Committed to consolidating legislative awareness and building bridges of cooperation with various entities

Kuwait City, October 25 (KUNA) – The Deputy Director of the Fatwa and Legislation Department, Haitham Al-Ruwais, affirmed today, Sunday, the department’s commitment to consolidating legislative awareness and building bridges of cooperation with various entities, in light of its important role in enhancing and disseminating legal culture.

This statement was made by Al-Ruwais in an interview with the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on the sidelines of the launch of the department’s second annual legal cultural season. The season aims to spread legal culture, consolidate legislative awareness, build bridges of knowledge between government entities and specialists, and empower national cadres to contribute intellectually and scientifically in their respective fields.

Al-Ruwais said that under the patronage of the department’s head, Advisor Salah Al-Majid, the Fatwa and Legislation Department organized the first dialogue seminar, titled “Commercial Concealment Law: An In-Depth Reading Between Legal Texts and Practical Applications.” The seminar aims to shed light on the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 78 of 2026 concerning the fight against commercial concealment.

He clarified that the law aims to regulate one of the most fundamental pillars of the state’s progress and stability, namely economic activity, thereby achieving sustainable economic development and protecting public order and the public interest.

He noted that through this seminar and its counterparts scheduled during this cultural season, the Fatwa and Legislation Department aims to enhance legal awareness and enable specialists and all relevant segments to fully understand the regulatory framework established by the law, facilitate its implementation, and ensure that their activities and economic operations—whether commercial, investment, industrial, agricultural, service-oriented, or professional—are aligned with the law and its objectives.

The legal cultural season of the Fatwa and Legislation Department, which runs until February next year, addresses various topics related to legal and legislative affairs as part of its mission to disseminate legal culture. The first seminar of the season focused on discussing the legal, economic, and supervisory dimensions of the Commercial Concealment Law, its foundational framework, legislative philosophy, the breadth of its scope, and its role in supporting and protecting economic activities.

The seminar was attended by officials from government entities and a number of specialized academics, who emphasized the law’s importance in safeguarding the economic system and establishing a business environment where success is based on efficiency and compliance, thereby helping to consolidate an effective national economy.

Last August, Legislative Decree No. 78 of 2026 concerning the fight against commercial concealment was issued. The decree aims to address the phenomenon of conducting economic activities without obtaining the necessary licenses, and to regulate the economic environment to ensure transparency, fairness, equal opportunity, and to enhance the state’s capacity for supervision, regulation, and revenue collection.

The law considers economic activities as fundamental pillars of the state’s progress and stability, and stipulates that they must be conducted within an organized framework that complies with the provisions of the law and related legislation, thereby achieving sustainable economic development and protecting public order and the public interest. (End) f.n. / n.sh. / m.kh.