{"id":6586,"date":"2026-09-05T19:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/damages\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:40:08","slug":"damages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats (Kha Sin Mai Thot Thaen) dans les actions civiles tha\u00eflandaises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>D\u00e9g\u00e2ts<\/strong> (\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e17\u0e14\u0e41\u0e17\u0e19, <em>kh\u1ea3 sin mai thot th\u00e6n<\/em>; les dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats contractuels sont <em>Comment \u00e7a va ?<\/em>sont les sommes qu'un tribunal tha\u00eflandais ordonne \u00e0 un contrevenant ou \u00e0 une partie d\u00e9faillante de verser pour r\u00e9parer un pr\u00e9judice. Le principe est l'indemnisation et non la punition : la somme allou\u00e9e place le demandeur dans la situation qui aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 la sienne si le d\u00e9lit ou la violation n'avait pas eu lieu, et pas davantage. Cette seule id\u00e9e explique pourquoi les \u00e9trangers qui s'attendent \u00e0 des montants comparables \u00e0 ceux de leurs tribunaux nationaux sont d\u00e9\u00e7us, et pourquoi les re\u00e7us conserv\u00e9s apr\u00e8s un accident comptent plus que l'\u00e9loquence des plaidoiries.<\/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=\"#how-the-civil-and-commercial-code-measures-damages\">Comment le Code civil et commercial \u00e9value les dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#practical-points-for-a-foreign-claimant-or-defendant\">Points pratiques pour un demandeur ou un d\u00e9fendeur \u00e9tranger<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#compensatory-damages-penalties-and-punitive-awards\">Dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats compensatoires, p\u00e9nalit\u00e9s et dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats punitifs<\/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=\"how-the-civil-and-commercial-code-measures-damages\">Comment le Code civil et commercial \u00e9value les dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>En mati\u00e8re d\u00e9lictuelle<\/strong> Le tribunal fixe l'indemnit\u00e9 en fonction des circonstances et de la gravit\u00e9 de l'acte illicite (article 438). Le Code \u00e9num\u00e8re ensuite les chefs de pr\u00e9judice. En cas de d\u00e9c\u00e8s : les frais fun\u00e9raires, les frais m\u00e9dicaux engag\u00e9s avant le d\u00e9c\u00e8s et la perte de l'aide que le d\u00e9funt devait aux personnes ayant l\u00e9galement droit \u00e0 des aliments (article 443). En cas d'atteinte au corps ou \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 : les frais et la perte de capacit\u00e9 de gain, pr\u00e9sente et future (article 444), ainsi qu'une somme pour le pr\u00e9judice moral tel que la douleur et la disfiguration (article 446).<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>En cours de contrat<\/strong> les dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats couvrent le pr\u00e9judice qui d\u00e9coule normalement de l'inex\u00e9cution, et le pr\u00e9judice inhabituel seulement si la partie d\u00e9faillante l'a pr\u00e9vu ou aurait d\u00fb le pr\u00e9voir (section 222). Si le demandeur a contribu\u00e9 au pr\u00e9judice ou a omis de signaler un risque anormalement \u00e9lev\u00e9, l'indemnit\u00e9 est r\u00e9duite (section 223). Pour les dettes d'argent, des int\u00e9r\u00eats courent au taux l\u00e9gal suppl\u00e9tif, 5% par an depuis la modification de 2021 (section 224), \u00e0 compter de la date du d\u00e9faut, et sur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/tort\/\">d\u00e9lit<\/a> indemnit\u00e9s \u00e0 compter de la date de l'acte illicite.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"practical-points-for-a-foreign-claimant-or-defendant\">Points pratiques pour un demandeur ou un d\u00e9fendeur \u00e9tranger<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Prouvez-le.<\/strong> Les juges tha\u00eflandais accordent ce qui est document\u00e9 : factures d'h\u00f4pital, bulletins de salaire, devis de r\u00e9paration. Les indemnit\u00e9s pour pr\u00e9judice moral et souffrances endur\u00e9es sont modestes par rapport aux normes occidentales, se chiffrant souvent \u00e0 quelques dizaines ou petites centaines de milliers de bahts, et la perte de revenus futurs est fortement actualis\u00e9e \u00e0 moins que le demandeur ne justifie d'un revenu stable. Demander un montant excessif co\u00fbte cher, car les frais de justice s'\u00e9l\u00e8vent \u00e0 2% du montant r\u00e9clam\u00e9, plafonn\u00e9s \u00e0 200 000 bahts.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>R\u00e9cup\u00e9rez-le.<\/strong> Un jugement n'est pas de l'argent. L'ex\u00e9cution passe par le Service de l'ex\u00e9cution des d\u00e9cisions de justice, qui saisit les biens ou op\u00e8re une saisie-arr\u00eat sur salaire, et d\u00e9pend du fait que le d\u00e9fendeur poss\u00e8de quelque chose \u00e0 saisir. Avant d'intenter une action en justice, demandez-vous si le d\u00e9fendeur, ou un employeur solidairement responsable avec lui, peut payer. Dans les affaires p\u00e9nales, une victime peut demander des r\u00e9parations dans le cadre de la proc\u00e9dure de poursuite, ce qui \u00e9vite les frais d'une action s\u00e9par\u00e9e.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"compensatory-damages-penalties-and-punitive-awards\">Dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats compensatoires, p\u00e9nalit\u00e9s et dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats punitifs<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Taper<\/th><th>Base<\/th><th>Disponible en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats compensatoires<\/td><td>Articles 222, 438 \u00e0 446<\/td><td>Oui, la r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clause p\u00e9nale<\/td><td>Articles 379 \u00e0 383<\/td><td>Oui, mais le tribunal peut le r\u00e9duire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats punitifs ou exemplaires<\/td><td>Only where a statute provides: consumer cases, product liability, personal data protection, trade secrets<\/td><td>Seulement dans ces cas-l\u00e0, g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement jusqu'au double de la perte<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indemnisations de la part de l'amant d'un conjoint<\/td><td>Article 1523<\/td><td>Oui, dans le cadre d'un divorce pour adult\u00e8re<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/penalty-clause\/\">clause p\u00e9nale<\/a> is the contractual cousin of damages: a sum fixed in advance for breach, which the court can cut down if disproportionate. Punitive damages exist only where a statute provides for them: the Consumer Case Procedure Act and the Product Liability Act, both of B.E. 2551 (2008), the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (section 78) and the Trade Secrets Act B.E. 2545 (section 13), the last three capped at twice the actual damages. They are rarely large. For everything else the measure is the loss the claimant can prove, which is why the guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/civil-liability-in-thailand\/\">responsabilit\u00e9 civile en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> commence par les faits plut\u00f4t que par la loi.<\/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\">Combien les tribunaux tha\u00eflandais accordent-ils d'indemnisation pour pr\u00e9judice corporel ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Les frais m\u00e9dicaux justifi\u00e9s, la perte de revenus av\u00e9r\u00e9e ainsi qu'une somme modeste pour le pr\u00e9judice moral au titre des articles 444 et 446 du Code civil et commercial. Les indemnit\u00e9s sont r\u00e9paratrices et mesur\u00e9es : un pr\u00e9judice grave donne g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement lieu \u00e0 des centaines de milliers de bahts, et non aux millions observ\u00e9s dans certains tribunaux occidentaux.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Les dommages et int\u00e9r\u00eats punitifs sont-ils disponibles en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Not under the Civil and Commercial Code. Thai damages are compensatory only. The exceptions are statutory: the Consumer Case Procedure Act and the Product Liability Act of 2008, the Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 and the Trade Secrets Act of 2002, under which a court may award a multiple of the actual loss, usually up to double.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Quel est le taux d'int\u00e9r\u00eat sur les dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats accord\u00e9s par un tribunal tha\u00eflandais ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Depuis la modification de 2021 de l'article 224 du Code civil et commercial, l'int\u00e9r\u00eat de retard est de 5 % par an : le taux l\u00e9gal de 3 % plus 2 %. Il court \u00e0 compter de la date de la mise en demeure pour une cr\u00e9ance contractuelle et de la date de l'acte illicite pour une action en responsabilit\u00e9 extracontractuelle, sauf si le contrat fixe valablement un autre taux.<\/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\/tort\/\">D\u00e9lit civil (Article 420)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/penalty-clause\/\">Clause p\u00e9nale (Article 383)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/court-fees\/\">Frais de justice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/prescription\/\">Ordonnance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/civil-liability-in-thailand\/\">Responsabilit\u00e9 civile en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> ET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-legal-system-explained\/\">Le syst\u00e8me juridique tha\u00eflandais expliqu\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damages (\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e17\u0e14\u0e41\u0e17\u0e19, kha sin mai thot thaen; contract damages are kha sia hai) are the money a Thai court orders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":214,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"damages thai law","rank_math_title":"Damages in Thai Law: What Courts Award | ThaiLawOnline","rank_math_description":"Damages under Thai law (kha sin mai thot thaen): what a court compensates in tort and contract, the heads of loss in Sections 438 to 446, and interest.","rank_math_breadcrumb_title":"","rank_math_canonical_url":""},"class_list":["post-6586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8473,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6586\/revisions\/8473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}