Section 1163
Statutory text (Thai original)
กรรมการจะเลือกกรรมการคนหนึ่งขึ้นเป็นประธานที่ประชุม และจะกำหนดเวลาว่าให้อยู่ในตำแหน่งเพียงใดก็ได้ แต่ถ้าหากมิได้เลือกกันไว้เช่นนั้น หรือผู้เป็นประธานไม่มาประชุมตามเวลาที่ได้นัดหมายไซร้ กรรมการที่มาประชุมนั้นจะเลือกกันคนหนึ่งขึ้นเป็นประธานในการประชุมเช่นนั้นก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The directors may elect a chairman of their meetings, and fix the period for which he is to hold office, but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the directors present may choose one of their members to be chairman of such meeting.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1163 is part of Book 3 (Specific Contracts) of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. This entry is awaiting firm-authored commentary; the statutory text above is verbatim from the Office of the Council of State (OCS Krisdika) Thai source, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 1 Supreme Court decisions (1998 to 1998)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2191/2541 (1998)
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