Section 215: Damages from non-performance
Statutory text (Thai original)
เมื่อลูกหนี้ไม่ชำระหนี้ให้ต้องตามความประสงค์อันแท้จริงแห่งมูลหนี้ไซร้ เจ้าหนี้จะเรียกเอาค่าสินไหมทดแทนเพื่อความเสียหายอันเกิดแต่การนั้นก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
When the debtor does not perform the obligation in accordance with the true intent and purpose of the same, the creditor may claim compensation for any damages caused thereby.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 215 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 39 Supreme Court decisions (1952 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4980/2567 (2024)
- Decision 3524/2567 (2024)
- Decision 2164/2565 (2022)
- Decision 4228/2564 (2021)
- Decision 2884/2563 (2020)
- Decision 19385/2556 (2013)
- Decision 2452/2555 (2012)
- Decision 2116/2553 (2010)
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 222 16
- Section 391 8
- Section 224 6
- Section 213 6
- Thai CPC s. 142 5
- Section 387 5
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 215 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 215 -
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