Section 315
Statutory text (Thai original)
อันการชำระหนี้นั้นต้องทำให้แก่ตัวเจ้าหนี้หรือแก่บุคคลผู้มีอำนาจรับชำระหนี้แทนเจ้าหนี้ การชำระหนี้ทำให้แก่บุคคลผู้ไม่มีอำนาจรับชำระหนี้นั้น ถ้าเจ้าหนี้ให้สัตยาบันก็นับว่าสมบูรณ์
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Performance must be made to the creditor or a person having authority to receive performance on his behalf. A performance made to a person who has no authority to receive is valid if the creditor ratifies 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 315 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 18 Supreme Court decisions (1952 to 2022)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3096/2565 (2022)
- Decision 7966/2544 (2001)
- Decision 499/2541 (1998)
- Decision 7313/2537 (1994)
- Decision 506/2513 (1970)
- Decision 3328/2554 (2011)
- Decision 3822/2538 (1995)
- Decision 2413/2532 (1989)
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. 315 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 315. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-315/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 315 -
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