Fatwa and Legislation Department: Committed to strengthening legislative awareness and building bridges of cooperation - Sarmad
Deputy Director of Fatwa and Legislation, Haitham Al-Ruwaid, affirmed the department's commitment to strengthening legislative awareness and building bridges of cooperation with government entities and specialists during the launch of its second legal cultural season events.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
The Deputy Director of the Fatwa and Legislation Administration, Haitham Al-Ruwais, affirmed on Sunday the administration’s commitment to consolidating legislative awareness and building bridges of cooperation with various entities, in light of its vital 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 administration’s second annual legal cultural season, which aims to spread legal culture, consolidate legislative awareness, build bridges of knowledge between government entities and experts, and empower national cadres to contribute intellectually and scientifically in their fields of specialization.
Al-Ruwais said that the Fatwa and Legislation Administration, under the patronage of its Chairman, Advisor Salah Al-Majid, organized the first dialogue seminar as part of its second cultural season, titled “The Commercial Concealment Law: An In-Depth Reading Between Legal Provisions and Practical Applications,” to shed light on the provisions of Law-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 development and stability, namely economic activity within it, thereby achieving sustainable economic development and protecting public order and the public interest.
He noted that “Fatwa and Legislation,” through this seminar and its counterparts scheduled during this cultural season, aims to enhance legal awareness and enable specialists and all relevant segments to fully understand the regulatory provisions contained in the law and facilitate its implementation, ensuring that their activities and economic operations of all types—commercial, investment, industrial, agricultural, service, and professional—are in harmony with the law and its objectives.
The legal cultural season of “Fatwa and Legislation,” which runs until February next year, addresses through its various seminars a number of topics related to legal and legislative affairs, as part of efforts to disseminate legal culture.
The first seminar of the “Fatwa and Legislation” legal cultural season was dedicated to discussing the legal, economic, and supervisory dimensions of the Commercial Concealment Law, its foundational framework and 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 importance of the law in safeguarding the economic system and establishing a business environment where success is based on efficiency and compliance, helping to consolidate an effective national economy.
Law-Decree No. 78 of 2026 concerning the fight against commercial concealment was issued last August, with the aim of addressing the phenomenon of conducting economic activities without obtaining the necessary licenses, and regulating the economic activity environment to ensure transparency, fairness, and equal opportunities, while enhancing the state’s capacity for supervision, regulation, and revenue collection.
