Section 19
Statutory text (Thai original)
บุคคลย่อมพ้นจากภาวะผู้เยาว์และบรรลุนิติภาวะเมื่อมีอายุยี่สิบปีบริบูรณ์
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A person, on completion of twenty years of age ceases to be a minor and becomes sui juris.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 19 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 13 Supreme Court decisions (1991 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1101/2566 (2023)
- Decision 1048/2565 (2022)
- Decision 15641/2558 (2015)
- Decision 10110/2558 (2015)
- Decision 6522/2558 (2015)
- Decision 1790/2558 (2015)
- Decision 15072/2551 (2008)
- Decision 2880/2549 (2006)
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. 19 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 19. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-19/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 19 -
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