Section 176
Statutory text (Thai original)
โมฆียะกรรมเมื่อบอกล้างแล้ว ให้ถือว่าเป็นโมฆะมาแต่เริ่มแรก และให้ผู้เป็นคู่กรณีกลับคืนสู่ฐานะเดิม ถ้าเป็นการพ้นวิสัยจะให้กลับคืนเช่นนั้นได้ ก็ให้ได้รับค่าเสียหายชดใช้ให้แทนถ้าบุคคลใดได้รู้หรือควรจะได้รู้ว่าการใดเป็นโมฆียะ เมื่อบอกล้างแล้ว ให้ถือว่าบุคคลนั้นได้รู้ว่าการนั้นเป็นโมฆะ นับแต่วันที่ได้รู้หรือควรจะได้รู้ว่าเป็นโมฆียะ ห้ามมิให้ใช้สิทธิเรียกร้องอันเกิดแต่การกลับคืนสู่ฐานะเดิมตามวรรคหนึ่ง เมื่อพ้นหนึ่งปีนับแต่วันบอกล้างโมฆียะกรรม
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
When a voidable act is avoided, it is deemed to have been void from the beginning; and the parties shall be restored to the condition in which they were previously, and if it is not possible to so restore them, they be indemnified with an equivalent. If any person knew or ought to have known that an act is voidable, he, after making the avoidance, is deemed to have known that the act is void since the voidable act became known or ought to become known to him. The claim resulting from restoring them to the previous condition under paragraph one cannot be exercised later than one year from the date of avoidance of the voidable act.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 176 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 42 Supreme Court decisions (1969 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 7125/2568 (2025)
- Decision 7019/2567 (2024)
- Decision 5398/2567 (2024)
- Decision 4084/2567 (2024)
- Decision 2558/2567 (2024)
- Decision 3339/2565 (2022)
- Decision 785/2565 (2022)
- Decision 3800/2565 (2022)
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