Article 260 — Fate of interim measure after judgment
Texte légal (original thaï)
ในกรณีที่คำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งชี้ขาดตัดสินคดีมิได้กล่าวถึงวิธีการชั่วคราวก่อนพิพากษาที่ศาลได้สั่งไว้ในระหว่างการพิจารณา
(๑) ถ้าคดีนั้นศาลตัดสินให้จำเลยเป็นฝ่ายชนะคดีเต็มตามข้อหาหรือบางส่วน คำสั่งของศาลเกี่ยวกับวิธีการชั่วคราวในส่วนที่จำเลยชนะคดีนั้น ให้ถือว่าเป็นอันยกเลิกเมื่อพ้นกำหนดเจ็ดวันนับแต่วันที่ศาลมีคำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่ง เว้นแต่โจทก์จะได้ยื่นคำขอฝ่ายเดียวต่อศาลชั้นต้นภายในกำหนดเวลาดังกล่าว แสดงว่าตนประสงค์จะยื่นอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกาคำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งนั้น และมีเหตุอันสมควรที่ศาลจะมีคำสั่งให้วิธีการชั่วคราวเช่นว่านั้นยังคงมีผลใช้บังคับต่อไป ในกรณีเช่นว่านี้ ถ้าศาลชั้นต้นมีคำสั่งให้ยกคำขอของโจทก์ คำสั่งของศาลให้เป็นที่สุด ถ้าศาลชั้นต้นมีคำสั่งให้วิธีการชั่วคราวยังคงมีผลใช้บังคับต่อไป คำสั่งของศาลชั้นต้นให้มีผลใช้บังคับต่อไปจนกว่าจะครบกำหนดยื่นอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกา หรือศาลมีคำสั่งถึงที่สุดไม่รับอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกา แล้วแต่กรณี เมื่อมีการอุทธรณ์หรือฎีกาแล้ว คำสั่งของศาลชั้นต้นให้มีผลใช้บังคับต่อไปจนกว่าศาลอุทธรณ์หรือศาลฎีกาจะมีคำสั่งเป็นอย่างอื่น
(๒) ถ้าคดีนั้นศาลตัดสินให้โจทก์เป็นฝ่ายชนะคดี คำสั่งของศาลเกี่ยวกับวิธีการชั่วคราวยังคงมีผลใช้บังคับต่อไปเท่าที่จำเป็นเพื่อปฏิบัติตามคำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งของศาล
traduction anglaise
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.
Cette traduction anglaise est fournie à titre indicatif uniquement et n'a pas encore été vérifiée de manière définitive ; référez-vous toujours à l'original thaï.
Annotation de l'entreprise
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.
Pourquoi cela est important en pratique
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 application. Calendar the seven day deadline the moment judgment is delivered.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Supreme Court Judgment No. 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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Supreme Court Judgment No. 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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Supreme Court Judgment No. 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.
Décisions sélectionnées avec numéros de dossier vérifiés dans la base de données de la Cour suprême. Les versions anglaises sont des traductions éditoriales réalisées par le cabinet à des fins d'étude.
Foire aux questions
What happens to an interim measure if the defendant wins and the judgment is silent?
Under Section 260(1), the measure for the part the defendant won is deemed cancelled seven days after judgment, unless the plaintiff files an ex parte application within that time showing an intent to appeal and proper cause to keep the measure in effect.
Does an interim measure end automatically when the plaintiff wins?
No. Under Section 260(2), if the plaintiff wins the measure continues in effect so far as necessary to comply with the judgment, and ends only when it is no longer needed for enforcement.