Section 1383
Statutory text (Thai original)
ทรัพย์สินอันได้มาโดยการกระทำผิดนั้น ท่านว่าผู้กระทำผิดหรือผู้รับโอนไม่สุจริตจะได้กรรมสิทธิ์โดยอายุความก็แต่เมื่อพ้นกำหนดอายุความอาชญา หรือพ้นเวลาที่กำหนดไว้ในมาตราก่อน ถ้ากำหนดไหนยาวกว่า ท่านให้ใช้กำหนดนั้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The ownership of property obtained through an offence may be acquired by the offender or a transferee in bad faith by prescription only after the expiration of the period provided for prescription of the offence or of the period fixed by the foregoing section whichever is longer.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1383 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 8 Supreme Court decisions (1965 to 2005)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 549/2535 (1992)
- Decision 462/2518 (1975)
- Decision 466/2508 (1965)
- Decision 1760/2548 (2005)
- Decision 4258/2541 (1998)
- Decision 5279/2537 (1994)
- Decision 3841/2534 (1991)
- Decision 3978/2524 (1981)
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