Section 234
Statutory text (Thai original)
เจ้าหนี้ผู้ใช้สิทธิเรียกร้องของลูกหนี้นั้นจะต้องขอหมายเรียกลูกหนี้มาในคดีนั้นด้วย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The creditor who exercises a claim belonging to his debtor must summon the debtor to appear in the action.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 234 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 15 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2022)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1633/2565 (2022)
- Decision 8851/2559 (2016)
- Decision 454/2559 (2016)
- Decision 2562/2550 (2007)
- Decision 3135/2547 (2004)
- Decision 2564/2546 (2003)
- Decision 3719/2545 (2002)
- Decision 8325/2544 (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.
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 234 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 234. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-234/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 234 -
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