Section 1518
Statutory text (Thai original)
สิทธิฟ้องหย่าย่อมหมดไปในเมื่อฝ่ายที่มีสิทธิฟ้องหย่าได้กระทำการอันแสดงให้เห็นว่าได้ให้อภัยในการกระทำของอีกฝ่ายหนึ่งซึ่งเป็นเหตุให้เกิดสิทธิฟ้องหย่านั้นแล้ว
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The right to institute an action for divorce would be terminated if the spouse entitled thereto has committed any act showing his or her forgiveness to the act done by the other that has caused the right to institute the action for divorce.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1518 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 14 Supreme Court decisions (1966 to 2021)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4104/2564 (2021)
- Decision 2561/2561 (2018)
- Decision 5259-5260/2561 (2018)
- Decision 2473/2556 (2013)
- Decision 3190/2549 (2006)
- Decision 7229/2537 (1994)
- Decision 2561/2536 (1993)
- Decision 2561-2562/2536 (1993)
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1518 (Thailand) -
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