Section 167
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในการวินิจฉัยกรณีความสำคัญผิด กลฉ้อฉล หรือการข่มขู่ให้พิเคราะห์ถึง เพศ อายุ ฐานะ สุขภาพอนามัย และภาวะแห่งจิตของผู้แสดงเจตนาตลอดจนพฤติการณ์และสภาพแวดล้อมอื่น ๆ อันเกี่ยวกับการนั้นด้วย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
In determining a case of mistake, fraud or duress, the sex, age, position health, temperament of the person made the intention and all other circumstances and environment which may relate to that act shall be taken into consideration.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 167 is part of Book 1 (General Principles) 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 23 Supreme Court decisions (1946 to 2013)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 21414/2556 (2013)
- Decision 2394/2541 (1998)
- Decision 5373/2539 (1996)
- Decision 5503/2537 (1994)
- Decision 5427/2537 (1994)
- Decision 2002/2537 (1994)
- Decision 748/2537 (1994)
- Decision 2639/2534 (1991)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
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