Section 1339
Statutory text (Thai original)
เจ้าของที่ดินจำต้องรับน้ำซึ่งไหลตามธรรมดาจากที่ดินสูงมาในที่ดินของตนน้ำไหลตามธรรมดามายังที่ดินต่ำ และจำเป็นแก่ที่ดินนั้นไซร้ ท่านว่าเจ้าของที่ดินซึ่งอยู่สูงกว่าจะกันเอาไว้ได้เพียงที่จำเป็นแก่ที่ดินของตน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The owner of a piece of land is bound to take the water that flows naturally on to it from higher land. Water that flows naturally on to lower land and is necessary to such land may be retained by the owner of the higher land only to such extent as is indispensable to his land.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1339 is part of Book 4 (Property) 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 9 Supreme Court decisions (1966 to 2012)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2328/2551 (2008)
- Decision 6406/2550 (2007)
- Decision 1062/2537 (1994)
- Decision 1338/2533 (1990)
- Decision 4191/2530 (1987)
- Decision 412/2525 (1982)
- Decision 317/2509 (1966)
- Decision 12973/2555 (2012)
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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