Section 329 — Order in which a part payment is applied
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้านอกจากการชำระหนี้อันเป็นประธาน ลูกหนี้ยังจะต้องชำระดอกเบี้ยและเสียค่าฤชาธรรมเนียมอีกด้วยไซร้ หากการชำระหนี้ในครั้งหนึ่ง ๆ ไม่ได้ราคาเพียงพอจะเปลื้องหนี้สินได้ทั้งหมด ท่านให้เอาจัดใช้เป็นค่าฤชาธรรมเนียมเสียก่อนแล้วจึงใช้ดอกเบี้ย และในที่สุดจึงให้ใช้ในการชำระหนี้อันเป็นประธานถ้าลูกหนี้ระบุให้จัดใช้เป็นประการอื่น ท่านว่าเจ้าหนี้จะบอกปัดไม่ยอมรับชำระหนี้ก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If, besides the principal performance, the debtor must also pay interest and costs, then where a particular performance is not sufficient in value to discharge the whole debt, it shall be applied first to the costs, then to the interest, and lastly to the principal performance.
If the debtor directs a different application, the creditor may refuse to accept the performance.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 329 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. The English translation is ThaiLawOnline's own, written from the Thai original and verified against it. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 45 Supreme Court decisions (1965 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1201/2565 (2022)
- Decision 1530/2559 (2016)
- Decision 1529/2559 (2016)
- Decision 1195/2559 (2016)
- Decision 13381/2557 (2014)
- Decision 20338/2556 (2013)
- Decision 14143/2555 (2012)
- Decision 2545/2553 (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 328 11
- Thai Penal Code s. 90 4
- Thai Penal Code s. 300 3
- Thai CPC s. 142 3
- Section 653 3
- Thai CPC s. 94 3
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