Article 260: Fate of interim measure after judgment
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่คำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งชี้ขาดตัดสินคดีมิได้กล่าวถึงวิธีการชั่วคราวก่อนพิพากษาที่ศาลได้สั่งไว้ในระหว่างการพิจารณา
(๑) ถ้าคดีนั้นศาลตัดสินให้จำเลยเป็นฝ่ายชนะคดีเต็มตามข้อหาหรือบางส่วน คำสั่งของศาลเกี่ยวกับวิธีการชั่วคราวในส่วนที่จำเลยชนะคดีนั้น ให้ถือว่าเป็นอันยกเลิกเมื่อพ้นกำหนดเจ็ดวันนับแต่วันที่ศาลมีคำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่ง เว้นแต่โจทก์จะได้ยื่นคำขอฝ่ายเดียวต่อศาลชั้นต้นภายในกำหนดเวลาดังกล่าว แสดงว่าตนประสงค์จะยื่นอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกาคำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งนั้น และมีเหตุอันสมควรที่ศาลจะมีคำสั่งให้วิธีการชั่วคราวเช่นว่านั้นยังคงมีผลใช้บังคับต่อไป ในกรณีเช่นว่านี้ ถ้าศาลชั้นต้นมีคำสั่งให้ยกคำขอของโจทก์ คำสั่งของศาลให้เป็นที่สุด ถ้าศาลชั้นต้นมีคำสั่งให้วิธีการชั่วคราวยังคงมีผลใช้บังคับต่อไป คำสั่งของศาลชั้นต้นให้มีผลใช้บังคับต่อไปจนกว่าจะครบกำหนดยื่นอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกา หรือศาลมีคำสั่งถึงที่สุดไม่รับอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกา แล้วแต่กรณี เมื่อมีการอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกาแล้ว คำสั่งของศาลชั้นต้นให้มีผลใช้บังคับต่อไปจนกว่าศาลอุทธรณ์หรือศาลฎีกาจะมีคำสั่งเป็นอย่างอื่น
(๒) ถ้าคดีนั้นศาลตัดสินให้โจทก์เป็นฝ่ายชนะคดี คำสั่งของศาลเกี่ยวกับวิธีการชั่วคราวยังคงมีผลใช้บังคับต่อไปเท่าที่จำเป็นเพื่อปฏิบัติตามคำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งของศาล
English translation
Where a judgment or an order disposing of the case does not mention a provisional measure before judgment that the court ordered during the proceedings:
(1) If the court decides the case in the defendant's favour, wholly or in part, the court's order concerning the provisional measure, in the part in which the defendant prevails, shall be deemed cancelled upon the expiry of seven days from the date of the judgment or order, unless the plaintiff files an ex parte application with the court of first instance within that period stating that he intends to appeal against the judgment or order and that there is proper cause for the court to order that such provisional measure remain in effect. In such a case, if the court of first instance orders the plaintiff's application to be dismissed, the order of the court is final; if the court of first instance orders the provisional measure to remain in effect, the order of the court of first instance shall continue in effect until the expiry of the period for filing an appeal, or until the court finally refuses to accept the appeal, as the case may be. Once an appeal has been filed, the order of the court of first instance shall continue in effect until the appellate court or the Supreme Court orders otherwise.
(2) If the court decides the case in the plaintiff's favour, the court's order concerning the provisional measure shall continue in effect so far as necessary to comply with the judgment or order of the court.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 260 fills the gap left when a court disposes of the merits but is silent on an interim measure it had ordered. Its two limbs turn on who prevailed. Where the defendant wins wholly or partly, the measure is automatically deemed cancelled after seven days for the part the defendant won, unless the plaintiff files a timely ex parte application showing an intent to appeal and proper cause to keep it, with a detailed cascade governing how long the continued measure lasts through the appellate stages. Where the plaintiff wins, the measure simply continues to the extent necessary to give effect to the judgment. The seven day deadline in limb (1) is a strict trap for a plaintiff who wants protection to survive into an appeal.
Why this matters in practice
The seven day rule is the point litigators must not miss: if the defendant wins and the judgment is silent, a plaintiff who wants the freeze to survive for an appeal must file the ex parte application within seven days of judgment, or the measure lapses by operation of law. Where the plaintiff wins, the measure continues only as far as needed to enforce the judgment, and it ceases to be necessary once the plaintiff can proceed to ordinary enforcement. Calendar the seven day deadline the moment judgment is delivered.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 1540/2568 (2025)
Where the plaintiff wins and the judgment is silent on a provisional measure, under Section 260(2) the measure continues in effect only so far as necessary to comply with the judgment. Once the plaintiff can enforce the judgment directly, the need to keep the measure in force ends.
The lower courts decided for the plaintiff without mentioning the provisional measure. The Supreme Court held the measure continued under Section 260(2) only so far as necessary to comply with the judgment, but since the defendant had not complied and the plaintiff could now enforce the judgment, there was no longer any need to compel compliance through the interim measure.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 8200/2567 (2024)
Where appellate courts affirm a judgment for the plaintiff, the trial court's provisional measure continues under Section 260(2) so far as necessary to comply with the judgment. A defendant who disagrees must raise the point by appeal; failing to do so leaves the measure settled by the affirmed judgment.
The appellate court and Supreme Court affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff over a plot of land. The Supreme Court held the trial court's provisional measure continued under Section 260(2) so far as necessary to comply with the judgment, and since the defendant did not raise this point on appeal, the interim protection over the land was settled by the affirmed judgment.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 7695/2557 (2014)
Where the court decides for the plaintiff and the judgment is silent on a provisional measure ordered during the proceedings under Section 254(2) and (3), Section 260(2) keeps the measure in effect so far as necessary to comply with the judgment.
The interim orders had been made during the proceedings under Section 254(2) and (3). When the court decided for the plaintiff and the final judgment was silent on them, the Supreme Court applied Section 260(2) so the measures continued so far as necessary to carry out the judgment, which ordered cancellation of a registration and transfer of the disputed land to the plaintiff.
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Cited in 64 Supreme Court decisions (1947 to 2025)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 1540/2568 (2025)
- Decision 7695/2557 (2014)
- Decision 11455/2555 (2012)
- Decision 6891/2555 (2012)
- Decision 5081/2554 (2011)
- Decision 5090/2552 (2009)
- Decision 10693/2551 (2008)
- Decision 7421/2551 (2008)
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- Article 254 11
- Article 264 10
- Article 290 9
- Article 228 3
- Article 226 3
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Foire aux questions
Que devient une mesure provisoire si le défendeur obtient gain de cause et que le jugement est muet sur ce point ?
En vertu de l’article 260(1), la mesure relative à la partie que le défendeur a gagnée est réputée annulée sept jours après le jugement, à moins que le demandeur ne dépose une requête ex parte dans ce délai démontrant son intention d’interjeter appel et une cause valable pour maintenir la mesure en vigueur.
Une mesure provisoire prend-elle fin automatiquement lorsque le plaignant obtient gain de cause ?
Non. En vertu de l'article 260(2), si le demandeur gagne, la mesure reste en vigueur dans la mesure nécessaire pour se conformer au jugement et ne prend fin que lorsqu'elle n'est plus nécessaire à l'exécution.
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