Section 206: Default in obligations arising from a wrongful act
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีหนี้อันเกิดแต่มูลละเมิด ลูกหนี้ได้ชื่อว่าผิดนัดมาแต่เวลาที่ทำละเมิด
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
In obligations arising from an unlawful act, the debtor is in default from the time when he committed it.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 206 is part of Book 2 (Obligations) 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 (1966 to 2022)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 5689/2561 (2018)
- Decision 6282/2559 (2016)
- Decision 7383/2558 (2015)
- Decision 10408/2555 (2012)
- Decision 6248/2555 (2012)
- Decision 4228/2550 (2007)
- Decision 5128/2546 (2003)
- Decision 5751/2544 (2001)
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 224 16
- Section 438 7
- Section 443 7
- Section 420 6
- Section 425 5
- Section 880 4
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 206 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 206. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-206/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 206 -
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