Book 3: Specific Contracts

Section 1173

Statutory text (Thai original)

การประชุมวิสามัญจะต้องนัดเรียกให้มีขึ้นในเมื่อผู้ถือหุ้นมีจำนวนหุ้นรวมกันไม่น้อยกว่าหนึ่งในห้าแห่งจำนวนหุ้นของบริษัทได้เข้าชื่อกันทำหนังสือร้องขอให้เรียกประชุมเช่นนั้น ในหนังสือร้องขอนั้นต้องระบุว่าประสงค์ให้เรียกประชุมเพื่อการใด

Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State

English translation

Extraordinary meetings must be summoned if a requisition to that effect is made in writing by shareholders holding not less than one-fifth of the shares of the company. The requisition must specify the object for which the meeting is required to be summoned.

This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.

Firm annotation

Section 1173 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 5 Supreme Court decisions (1990 to 2022)

Selected citing decisions

  • Decision 4179-4180/2565 (2022)
  • Decision 6156/2564 (2021)
  • Decision 12452/2558 (2015)
  • Decision 4219/2541 (1998)
  • Decision 1436/2533 (1990)

This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.

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Cite this section

  • Plain citation Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1173 (Thailand)
  • Academic citation Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 1173. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1173/ (accessed 8 August 2026).
  • Thai citation ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 1173
  • Permalink https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1173/
  • Embed on your site <blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1173/"><p>Extraordinary meetings must be summoned if a requisition to that effect is made in writing by shareholders holding not less than one-fifth of the shares of the company. The requisition must specify the object for which the meeting is required to be summoned.</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1173 (Thailand) — <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1173/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>

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