Section 193/17: Where an interrupted prescription is treated as never interrupted
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่อายุความสะดุดหยุดลงเพราะเหตุตามมาตรา ๑๙๓/๑๔ (๒) หากคดีนั้นได้มีคำพิพากษาถึงที่สุดให้ยกคำฟ้อง หรือคดีเสร็จไปโดยการจำหน่ายคดีเพราะเหตุถอนฟ้อง หรือทิ้งฟ้อง ให้ถือว่าอายุความไม่เคยสะดุดหยุดลง ในกรณีที่คดีนั้นศาลไม่รับหรือคืนหรือให้ยกคำฟ้องเพราะเหตุคดีไม่อยู่ในอำนาจศาล หรือศาลให้ยกคำฟ้องโดยไม่ตัดสิทธิโจทก์ที่จะฟ้องใหม่ และปรากฏว่าอายุความครบกำหนดไปแล้วในระหว่างการพิจารณา หรือจะครบกำหนดภายในหกสิบวันนับแต่วันที่คำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งนั้นถึงที่สุด ให้เจ้าหนี้มีสิทธิฟ้องคดีเพื่อตั้งหลักฐานสิทธิเรียกร้องหรือเพื่อให้ชำระหนี้ภายในหกสิบวันนับแต่วันที่คำพิพากษาหรือคำสั่งนั้นถึงที่สุด
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English translation
Where prescription has been interrupted for a reason under Section 193/14(2), if the court has given a final judgment dismissing the action, or the action has been disposed of by withdrawal or abandonment, the prescription is deemed never to have been interrupted.
Where the court refuses, returns, or dismisses the action on the ground that it is outside the court's jurisdiction, or dismisses the action without prejudice to the plaintiff's right to bring a fresh action, and it appears that the prescription period expired during the proceedings, or will expire within sixty days from the day on which that judgment or order becomes final, the creditor is entitled to bring an action to establish the claim, or to require performance, within sixty days from the day on which that judgment or order becomes final.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 193/17 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. The English translation is ThaiLawOnline's own, written from the Thai original and verified against it. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 53 Supreme Court decisions (1996 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 178/2566 (2023)
- Decision 3872-3873/2566 (2023)
- Decision 3/2565 (2022)
- Decision 5300/2563 (2020)
- Decision 603/2563 (2020)
- Decision 6751/2561 (2018)
- Decision 8471/2559 (2016)
- Decision 649/2559 (2016)
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.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 193/14 18
- Section 193/30 7
- Section 193/18 6
- Thai CPC s. 249 4
- Section 193/15 4
- Thai CPC s. 145 3
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