Section 227
Statutory text (Thai original)
เมื่อเจ้าหนี้ได้รับค่าสินไหมทดแทนความเสียหายเต็มตามราคาทรัพย์หรือสิทธิซึ่งเป็นวัตถุแห่งหนี้นั้นแล้ว ท่านว่าลูกหนี้ย่อมเข้าสู่ฐานะเป็นผู้รับช่วงสิทธิของเจ้าหนี้อันเกี่ยวกับทรัพย์หรือสิทธินั้น ๆ ด้วยอำนาจกฎหมาย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
When a creditor has received as compensation for damage the full value of the thing or right which is the subject of the obligation, the debtor is, by operation of law, subrogated into the position of the creditor with regard to such thing or right.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 227 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 10 Supreme Court decisions (1982 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 440/2540 (1997)
- Decision 491/2539 (1996)
- Decision 7371/2537 (1994)
- Decision 16202/2557 (2014)
- Decision 3267/2540 (1997)
- Decision 4382/2566 (2023)
- Decision 4838-4839/2540 (1997)
- Decision 103/2535 (1992)
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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Cite this section
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 227 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 227. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-227/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 227 -
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<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-227/"><p>When a creditor has received as compensation for damage the full value of the thing or right which is the subject of the obligation, the debtor is, by operation of law, subrogated into the position of the creditor with regard to such thing or right.</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 227 (Thailand) — <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-227/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
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