Section 1371
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าพิสูจน์ได้ว่าบุคคลใดครอบครองทรัพย์สินเดียวกันสองคราว ท่านให้สันนิษฐานไว้ก่อนว่า บุคคลนั้นได้ครอบครองติดต่อกันตลอดเวลา
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If it is proved that a person possessed the same property at two different times, it is presumed that his possession continued during the interval.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1371 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 1 Supreme Court decisions (1990 to 1990)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1297/2533 (1990)
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Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,652 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics.
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1371 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 1371. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1371/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 1371 -
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