Section 1439 — Breaking off a betrothal
Statutory text (Thai original)
เมื่อมีการหมั้นแล้ว ถ้าฝ่ายใดผิดสัญญาหมั้น อีกฝ่ายหนึ่งมีสิทธิเรียกให้รับผิดใช้ค่าทดแทน ในกรณีที่ฝ่ายผู้รับหมั้นเป็นฝ่ายผิดสัญญาหมั้น ให้คืนของหมั้นแก่ฝ่ายผู้หมั้นด้วย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Where a betrothal has been made and one party breaks the betrothal agreement, the other party is entitled to claim compensation. Where it is the betrothed party who is in breach, the khongman must also be returned to the betrothing party.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 1439 is part of Book 5 (Family) 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 21 Supreme Court decisions (1948 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4684/2568 (2025)
- Decision 4684/2568 (2025)
- Decision 592/2540 (1997)
- Decision 45/2532 (1989)
- Decision 3865/2526 (1983)
- Decision 3628/2526 (1983)
- Decision 763/2526 (1983)
- Decision 3366/2525 (1982)
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