Section 17
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีบุคคลหลายคนตายในเหตุภยันตรายร่วมกัน ถ้าเป็นการพ้นวิสัยที่จะกำหนดได้ว่าคนไหนตายก่อนหลัง ให้ถือว่าตายพร้อมกัน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
When several persons have perished in a common peril, and it is not possible to determine which of them perished first, they will be presumed to have died simultaneously.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 17 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 12 Supreme Court decisions (1963 to 2013)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 358/2554 (2011)
- Decision 6701/2549 (2006)
- Decision 5249/2545 (2002)
- Decision 2364/2545 (2002)
- Decision 1196-1218/2546 (2003)
- Decision 13129/2556 (2013)
- Decision 868/2548 (2005)
- Decision 6238/2545 (2002)
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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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 17 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 17. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-17/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
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