Livre 2 : Obligations
Contract formation, performance, breach, damages, and torts.
Sections 194 to 452
Sections annotées de ce livre
- §194 Droit du créancier à exiger l'exécution Creditor's right to claim performance.
- §195 Obligation spécifiée uniquement par type Obligation specified only by kind.
- §196
- §197
- §198
- §199
- §200
- §201
- §202
- §203 Time of performance, no time fixed Time of performance, no time fixed.
- §204 Défaut et demande de performance Where no time for performance is fixed, the debtor is in default only after the creditor issues a demand. Where a time is fixed, default…
- §205 Debtor not in default for a cause he is not answerable for For as long as performance has not been made because of a circumstance for which the debtor is not responsible, the debtor is not in…
- §206 Default in obligations arising from a wrongful act In an obligation arising from a wrongful act, the debtor is in default from the moment the act was committed. No demand and no notice…
- §207 Default of the creditor
- §208
- §209
- §210
- §211
- §212
- §213 Performance et exécution spécifiques Specific performance and execution.
- §214
- §215 Dommages résultant de l'inexécution Damages from non-performance.
- §216
- §217 Liability of a debtor in default
- §218 Impossibilité causée par le débiteur If performance becomes impossible due to a cause the debtor is responsible for, the debtor pays damages to the creditor.
- §219 L'impossibilité sans faute Impossibility without fault.
- §220
- §221
- §222 Scope of damages, foreseeability rule Damages for non-performance cover the loss that ordinarily arises from the non-performance, with no requirement of foreseeability. Loss arising from special circumstances is recoverable in…
- §223
- §224 Intérêts sur les dommages Interest on damages.
- §224/1 Inserted by Emergency Decree B.E. 2564 (in force 11 April 2021), this new provision restricts default interest on instalment debts: interest may only be calculated…
- §225
- §226 subrogation du créancier Subrogation of creditor.
- §227
- §228
- §229
- §230
- §231
- §232
- §233
- §234
- §235
- §236
- §237 Fraudulent conveyance, creditor's action to set aside A creditor may petition the court to set aside any juristic act done by the debtor in knowledge that it would harm the creditor, unless…
- §238
- §239
- §240
- §241
- §242
- §243
- §244
- §245
- §246
- §247
- §248
- §249
- §250
- §251
- §252
- §253 General preferential rights over all the debtor's property
- §254
- §255
- §256
- §257
- §258
- §259
- §260
- §261
- §262
- §263
- §264
- §265
- §266
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- §268
- §269
- §270
- §271
- §272
- §273
- §274
- §275
- §276
- §277 Ranking between conflicting preferential rights
- §278
- §279
- §280
- §281
- §282
- §283 Reducing a penalty that is disproportionately high
- §284
- §285
- §286
- §287
- §288
- §289
- §290
- §291 obligations conjointes et solidaires Joint and several obligations.
- §292
- §293
- §294
- §295
- §296
- §297
- §298
- §299
- §300
- §301
- §302
- §303
- §304
- §305
- §306 Assignment of claim, written form Assignment of claim, written form.
- §307
- §308
- §309
- §310
- §311
- §312
- §313
- §314 Offre d'exécution au créancier Tender of performance to creditor.
- §315
- §316
- §317
- §318
- §319
- §320
- §321 Décharge par performance substituée (datio in solutum) An obligation is extinguished when the creditor accepts a different performance in place of the agreed one. A new obligation assumed merely to satisfy the…
- §322
- §323
- §324
- §325
- §326 Reçu de paiement Receipt for payment.
- §327
- §328
- §329 Order in which a part payment is applied
- §330
- §331
- §332
- §333
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- §335
- §336
- §337
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- §349 Novation par substitution Novation by substitution.
- §350
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- §361
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- §364
- §365
- §366
- §367
- §368 Interprétation des contrats : bonne foi et usage courant Contracts must be interpreted according to good faith and with regard to ordinary commercial usage. Courts look to the genuine intention of the parties rather…
- §369 Droit de suspendre l'exécution des contrats réciproques In a reciprocal contract, either party may decline to perform until the other party performs or tenders performance. This right does not apply if the…
- §370
- §371
- §372
- §373
- §374 Contrat en faveur d'un tiers Contract in favour of a third party.
- §375
- §376
- §377 Earnest money, function and forfeiture Earnest money, function and forfeiture.
- §378
- §379 Clause pénale : confiscation en cas de manquement ou de non-exécution Where the debtor has promised a penalty sum for failure to perform, the penalty is forfeited upon default. Where the performance consists of a forbearance,…
- §380
- §381
- §382
- §383 Réduction judiciaire d'une peine disproportionnée If a forfeited penalty is disproportionately high, the court may reduce it to a reasonable amount, taking into account all legitimate interests of the creditor.…
- §384
- §385
- §386 Résiliation du contrat bilatéral Rescission of bilateral contract.
- §387 Droit de résiliation après mise en demeure : délai raisonnable Where one party fails to perform, the other may fix a reasonable period for performance and give notice. If performance is not made within that…
- §388
- §389
- §390
- §391 Restitution après résiliation du contrat Where a party exercises a right of rescission, each party must restore the other to their former position, but the rights of third persons cannot…
- §392
- §393
- §394
- §395
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- §411
- §412
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- §415
- §416
- §417
- §418
- §419
- §420 Principe général de la responsabilité délictuelle Anyone who intentionally or negligently causes unlawful harm to another's life, body, health, liberty, property, or any other right must pay compensation. This is the…
- §421 Abuse of right, bad-faith use A right may not be exercised solely to harm another person. The pure-malice exercise of an otherwise valid right is itself wrongful.
- §422
- §423
- §424
- §425 Responsabilité conjointe de l'employeur en cas de délit civil d'un employé An employer is jointly liable with the employee for any wrongful act the employee commits in the course of employment.
- §426
- §427
- §428 Employer of an independent contractor is not liable, with exceptions The employer of an independent contractor is not liable for damage the contractor causes to third parties while doing the work, unless the employer is…
- §429
- §430
- §431
- §432 Responsabilité solidaire en matière délictuelle Where several persons cause damage by a joint wrongful act they are jointly bound to compensate, and the same applies where, among several joint doers,…
- §433 Responsabilité envers les animaux Liability for animals.
- §434 Responsabilité civile pour les bâtiments et les structures Liability for buildings and structures.
- §435
- §436
- §437 Responsabilité civile pour les véhicules et les objets dangereux Liability for vehicles and dangerous things.
- §438 Form of compensation, restitutio in integrum It is for the court to decide in what manner and to what extent compensation is to be made, judging by the circumstances and by…
- §439
- §440
- §441
- §442
- §443 Dommages et intérêts en cas de décès Damages in case of death.
- §444 Dommages-intérêts pour préjudice corporel Damages for bodily injury.
- §445
- §446 Dommages et intérêts pour préjudice non pécuniaire Damages for non-pecuniary loss.
- §447 Restoring reputation, instead of or together with damages Where a person's reputation has been injured, the court may, on the injured person's application, order the wrongdoer to take suitable measures to restore that…
- §448 Délai de prescription pour les actions en responsabilité civile délictuelle Tort claims must be brought within one year of discovering both the harm and the wrongdoer's identity, and in any event within ten years of…
- §449 No liability for lawful defence or a lawful command A person who causes injury while acting in lawful defence, or under a lawful command, is not liable to make compensation. The injured person may…
- §450 Damaging property to avert danger, and when compensation is owed This section is about damaging or destroying property in order to avert an immediate danger, and it sets three different outcomes. Damage done to avert…
- §451
- §452