Book 1 — General Principles
Foundational concepts: natural and juristic persons, juristic acts, agency, time, and prescription.
Sections 1–193/35
Annotated sections in this Book
- §4 Application of the law Application of the law.
- §5 Good faith — exercise of rights Every right must be exercised, and every duty performed, in good faith. Thai courts use this as a residual fairness override on any contractual or…
- §6 Section 6 establishes a rebuttable presumption that every person acts in good faith. The party alleging bad faith bears the burden of proving it.
- §7 Section 7 sets the fallback interest rate that applies whenever interest is due but no rate is fixed by a juristic act or express statutory…
- §8 Force majeure Force majeure.
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- §15 Beginning of personality Beginning of personality.
- §16
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- §18 Right to use of a name Right to use of a name.
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- §37 Domicile Domicile.
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- §66 Juristic persons — definition A juristic person is an entity recognized by law as having rights and duties separate from its members — companies, associations, foundations, the state.
- §67 Juristic person rights and duties Juristic person rights and duties.
- §68
- §69
- §70 Representation of juristic person Representation of juristic person.
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- §113 Foundation — name requirements Every foundation must include the word 'foundation' (มูลนิธิ) in its registered name as a mandatory element of its legal identity.
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- §146 Component parts of immovable Things permanently attached to land — buildings, fixed structures — are component parts of the land and ownership of the land carries them along.
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- §149 Juristic act — definition Juristic act — definition.
- §150 Acts contrary to public order or good morals are void Any agreement, gift, marriage, or other juristic act whose purpose is illegal, impossible, or against public order or good morals has no legal effect from…
- §151
- §152 Acts not in required form are void Acts not in required form are void.
- §153
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- §157 Mistake as to essential element Mistake as to essential element.
- §158
- §159 Fraud as a ground for voidance Fraud as a ground for voidance.
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- §164 Duress as a ground for voidance Duress as a ground for voidance.
- §165 Limits of duress: lawful threats and reverential fear Threatening to exercise a right in the normal way does not constitute duress. Equally, an act done out of reverential fear (respect for a superior)…
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- §172 Restitution after void juristic act When a juristic act is void, parties must return what they received under the rules of undue enrichment (§406+). The clock for restitution claims runs…
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- §175 Voidable acts — ratification Voidable acts — ratification.
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- §193
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- §193/14 Interruption of prescription Prescription is interrupted by the debtor's acknowledgment of the claim (in writing, by part payment, by giving security, or by any unequivocal act), by the…
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- §193/30 General prescription period — ten years Unless a more specific statute says otherwise, you have ten years to bring a civil claim before it becomes time-barred.
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- §193/34 Two-year prescription for trade and service claims A two-year prescription applies to claims by merchants, artisans, carriers, innkeepers, lawyers, engineers, and similar professionals for fees or charges arising from their trade or…
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