{"id":6580,"date":"2026-09-05T19:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/court-of-appeal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T06:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:59:16","slug":"court-of-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/court-of-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cour d'appel (San Uthon) en Tha\u00eflande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Le <strong>Cour d&#039;appel<\/strong> (\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c, <em>San Uthon<\/em>, also spelt <em>San Utthon<\/em>) is the second tier of the Thai Courts of Justice, sitting between the courts of first instance and the Supreme Court (San Dika). It re-examines a judgment on both the facts and the law, working from the written record rather than hearing the witnesses again. For most foreigners the Court of Appeal is where a lost civil claim, a criminal conviction or a disputed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/child-custody\/\">garde \u00e0 vue<\/a> order gets its second and often final look, because access to the Supreme Court has been restricted since 2015.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#structure-of-the-appeal-courts-and-who-hears-what\">Structure des cours d'appel et comp\u00e9tences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#practical-points-for-a-foreigner-appealing-in-thailand\">Points pratiques pour un \u00e9tranger faisant appel en Tha\u00eflande<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#court-of-appeal-compared-with-the-supreme-court\">Cour d'appel par rapport \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"structure-of-the-appeal-courts-and-who-hears-what\">Structure des cours d'appel et comp\u00e9tences<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>There is not one Court of Appeal but several. The Court of Appeal in Bangkok hears appeals from the Bangkok courts, and nine Regional Courts of Appeal (Regions 1 to 9, seated in cities such as Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Phuket and Songkhla) hear appeals from the provincial and kwaeng courts in their area. Since 2016 a separate Court of Appeal for Specialised Cases takes appeals from the labour, tax, intellectual property and international trade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/bankruptcy\/\">faillite<\/a>, and juvenile and family courts. All sit in panels of three judges within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-legal-system-explained\/\">three tier court system<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>The appeal itself.<\/strong> In a civil case the appeal must be filed within one month of the day the judgment is read (Civil Procedure Code Section 229); the same month applies in criminal cases. It is lodged at the court that gave the judgment, not at the Court of Appeal. The next two rules are civil only. In a civil appeal the appellant pays a court fee on the amount disputed, and where that amount does not exceed 50,000 baht the parties may raise questions of law only, unless a judge who sat at first instance dissented or certified that there was reasonable ground, or permission to appeal is given (Civil Procedure Code Section 224). Neither rule reaches a criminal appeal: Section 252 of the Criminal Procedure Code forbids the courts of justice to charge a fee in a criminal case, and the bar on appealing the facts there is set by Section 193 bis on the maximum penalty, not by an amount in dispute.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"practical-points-for-a-foreigner-appealing-in-thailand\">Points pratiques pour un \u00e9tranger faisant appel en Tha\u00eflande<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>An appeal is a written exercise. There is normally no oral hearing: the court reads the appeal, the reply, the transcript and the exhibits, then issues a written judgment which is read out at the original first instance court, often 6 to 18 months later. A defendant in a criminal case who is not in custody must present himself when filing. The appeal is drafted in Thai by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/licensed-thai-lawyer\/\">avocat tha\u00eflandais agr\u00e9\u00e9<\/a>, so a foreigner who lost at first instance needs to instruct one well inside the month, or apply for an extension before the deadline expires.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>L'erreur courante<\/strong> is to assume that filing an appeal freezes the judgment. It does not. A civil judgment can be enforced while the appeal is pending unless the appellant obtains a stay of execution, which usually means putting up security.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"court-of-appeal-compared-with-the-supreme-court\">Cour d'appel par rapport \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>The Court of Appeal reviews everything: it can reassess the evidence, change findings of fact, increase or reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/damages\/\">d\u00e9g\u00e2ts<\/a>, and alter a sentence. The Supreme Court is different. Since the 2015 amendment to the Civil Procedure Code a civil dika appeal needs the permission of the Supreme Court (Section 247), granted only where the case raises an important question of law, involves the public interest, or conflicts with earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/supreme-court-dika\/\">D\u00e9cisions de Dika<\/a>. In criminal cases an appeal on the facts to the Supreme Court is barred where the Court of Appeal confirmed a sentence of five years or less.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>In practice the Court of Appeal is the last court that will weigh the evidence in an ordinary contract, land, divorce or custody dispute, and the appeal to prepare properly.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Quel est le d\u00e9lai pour faire appel d'un jugement de tribunal en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Un mois \u00e0 compter du jour o\u00f9 le jugement est lu, tant en mati\u00e8re civile que p\u00e9nale. L'appel est interjet\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s du tribunal de premi\u00e8re instance qui a rendu le jugement. Une prolongation peut \u00eatre demand\u00e9e \u00e0 ce m\u00eame tribunal, mais la demande doit \u00eatre formul\u00e9e avant l'expiration du d\u00e9lai d'un mois.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">La Cour d'appel de Tha\u00eflande entend-elle \u00e0 nouveau des t\u00e9moins ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Non. La Cour d'appel statue sur pi\u00e8ces : la transcription du premier proc\u00e8s, les pi\u00e8ces produites ainsi que le m\u00e9moire d'appel et la r\u00e9plique. Il n'y a pas de nouvelles preuves et, en r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, pas d'audience de plaidoiries, et le jugement est lu au tribunal d'origine de longs mois plus tard.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Puis-je faire appel de la Cour d'appel aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame tha\u00eflandaise ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Seulement avec autorisation en mati\u00e8re civile. Depuis 2015, la Cour supr\u00eame n'admet un pourvoi en cassation (dika) en mati\u00e8re civile que s'il soul\u00e8ve une question de droit importante ou d'int\u00e9r\u00eat public. En mati\u00e8re p\u00e9nale, un pourvoi sur les faits est irrecevable lorsque la cour d'appel a confirm\u00e9 une peine de cinq ans ou moins.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Voir aussi\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/court-of-first-instance\/\">Tribunaux de premi\u00e8re instance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/supreme-court-dika\/\">Supreme Court (San Dika)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/court-fees\/\">Frais de justice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-legal-system-explained\/\">Le syst\u00e8me juridique tha\u00eflandais expliqu\u00e9<\/a> ET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/supreme-court-processes-in-thailand-appeal\/\">Criminal appeals and Supreme Court processes<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal (\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c, San Uthon, also spelt San Utthon) is the second tier of the Thai Courts of 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