Section 535 — Revocation of gift for ingratitude
Statutory text (Thai original)
การให้อันจะกล่าวต่อไปนี้ ท่านว่าจะถอนคืนเพราะเหตุเนรคุณไม่ได้ คือ(๑) ให้เป็นบำเหน็จสินจ้างโดยแท้(๒) ให้สิ่งที่มีค่าภาระติดพัน(๓) ให้โดยหน้าที่ธรรมจรรยา(๔) ให้ในการสมรส
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
คำแปลภาษาอังกฤษ
The following gifts are not revocable for ingratitude: (1) Gifts purely remuneratory (2) Gifts encumbered with a charge (3) Gifts made in compliance with a moral duty (4) Gifts made in consideration of marriage
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified — always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 535 (the ingratitude grounds are in §531) is the most-litigated exit from a completed gift. Practical pitfalls: (1) only the donor personally can revoke during life — heirs can revoke only if the donee killed the donor or prevented the revocation (§532); (2) the action must be brought within 6 months of knowledge of the ingratitude and 10 years of the act; (3) third-party transferees may be protected if they took for value in good faith. Common context: parents who deeded land to a child who later refuses to support them.
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