Section 1500 — Termination of marriage — modes
Statutory text (Thai original)
แก้ไขเพิ่มเติมโดยพระราชบัญญัติแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมประมวลกฎหมายแพ่งและพาณิชย์ (ฉบับที่ ๑๐) พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๓ [191]
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The marriage adjudged is void shall not prejudice the rights acquired by third person acting in good faith before entering the void of the marriage into the Marriage Register under Section 1497/1.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified — always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1500 is the master list — there's no fourth route to legal singlehood for a married person. "Annulment" (§1494+) is reserved for marriages that were defective from the start (lacking capacity, invalid form, force, mistake); "divorce" (§1514+) ends an otherwise valid marriage. Separation — even years of separation — is NOT termination. Foreign clients who left a Thai spouse abroad and assumed time would dissolve the marriage are still legally married in Thailand and must pursue divorce.