Section 1538: Legitimacy where a second marriage is void
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่บุคคลสมรสฝ่าฝืนมาตรา ๑๔๕๒ เด็กที่เกิดในระหว่างการสมรสที่ฝ่าฝืนนั้นให้สันนิษฐานไว้ก่อนว่าเป็นบุตรชอบด้วยกฎหมายของชายผู้เป็นคู่สมรสซึ่งได้จดทะเบียนสมรสครั้งหลัง
ในกรณีที่หญิงสมรสฝ่าฝืนมาตรา ๑๔๕๒ ถ้ามีคำพิพากษาถึงที่สุดแสดงว่า เด็กมิใช่บุตรชอบด้วยกฎหมายของชายผู้เป็นคู่สมรสซึ่งได้จดทะเบียนสมรสครั้งหลัง ให้นำข้อสันนิษฐานในมาตรา ๑๕๓๖ มาใช้บังคับ
ให้นำความในวรรคหนึ่งมาใช้บังคับแก่เด็กที่เกิดภายในสามร้อยสิบวันนับแต่วันที่ศาลมีคำพิพากษาถึงที่สุดให้การสมรสเป็นโมฆะเพราะฝ่าฝืนมาตรา ๑๔๕๒ ด้วย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Where a person marries in contravention of Section 1452, a child born during that marriage is presumed to be the legitimate child of the man who is the spouse in the marriage registered later.
Where a woman marries in contravention of Section 1452, and there is a final judgment showing that the child is not the legitimate child of the man who is the spouse in the marriage registered later, the presumption in Section 1536 applies.
Paragraph one also applies to a child born within three hundred and ten days from the day on which the judgment of the court declaring the marriage void for contravening Section 1452 became final.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 1538 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 16 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 1976)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 916/2519 (1976)
- Decision 1684/2518 (1975)
- Decision 1616/2518 (1975)
- Decision 3141/2516 (1973)
- Decision 1285/2508 (1965)
- Decision 1225/2508 (1965)
- Decision 454/2507 (1964)
- Decision 1112/2492 (1949)
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