Article 1706
Statutory text (Thai original)
ข้อกำหนดพินัยกรรมเป็นโมฆะ(๑) ถ้าตั้งผู้รับพินัยกรรมไว้โดยมีเงื่อนไขว่า ให้ผู้รับพินัยกรรมจำหน่ายทรัพย์สินของเขาเองโดยพินัยกรรมให้แก่ผู้ทำพินัยกรรม หรือแก่บุคคลภายนอก(๒) ถ้ากำหนดบุคคลซึ่งไม่อาจที่จะทราบตัวแน่นอนได้เป็นผู้รับพินัยกรรม แต่ผู้รับพินัยกรรมตามพินัยกรรมลักษณะเฉพาะนั้น อาจกำหนดโดยให้บุคคลใดคนหนึ่งเป็นผู้ระบุเลือกเอาจากบุคคลอื่นหลายคน หรือจากบุคคลอื่นหมู่ใดหมู่หนึ่ง ซึ่งผู้ทำพินัยกรรมระบุไว้ก็ได้(๓) ถ้าทรัพย์สินที่ยกให้โดยพินัยกรรมระบุไว้ไม่ชัดแจ้งจนไม่อาจที่จะทราบแน่นอนได้ หรือถ้าให้บุคคลใดคนหนึ่งกำหนดให้มากน้อยเท่าใดตามแต่ใจ
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A testamentary disposition is void: (1) if it appoints a legatee upon the condition that the latter shall dispose also by will of his own property in favour of the testator or of a third person; (2) if it refers to a person whose identity cannot be ascertained; however a legacy under a particular title may be made in favour of a person to be chosen by a certain person out of several other persons or out of any group of persons specified by the testator; (3) if the property bequeathed is so insufficient described that it cannot ascertained or if the amount of a legacy is left to the discretion of a certain person.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1706 is part of Book 6 (Succession) of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. This entry is awaiting firm-authored commentary; the statutory text above is verbatim from the Office of the Council of State (OCS Krisdika) Thai source, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 17 Supreme Court decisions (1946 to 2016)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1887/2559 (2016)
- Decision 15201/2558 (2015)
- Decision 2510/2551 (2008)
- Decision 3381/2549 (2006)
- Decision 4639/2540 (1997)
- Decision 1466/2537 (1994)
- Decision 5280/2531 (1988)
- Decision 4338/2531 (1988)
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