Section 341
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าบุคคลสองคนต่างมีความผูกพันซึ่งกันและกัน โดยมูลหนี้อันมีวัตถุเป็นอย่างเดียวกัน และหนี้ทั้งสองรายนั้นถึงกำหนดจะชำระไซร้ ท่านว่าลูกหนี้ฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่งย่อมจะหลุดพ้นจากหนี้ของตนด้วยหักกลบลบกันได้เพียงเท่าจำนวนที่ตรงกันในมูลหนี้ทั้งสองฝ่ายนั้น เว้นแต่สภาพแห่งหนี้ฝ่ายหนึ่งจะไม่เปิดช่องให้หักกลบลบกันได้บทบัญญัติดังกล่าวมาในวรรคก่อนนี้ท่านมิให้ใช้บังคับ หากเป็นการขัดกับเจตนาอันคู่กรณีได้แสดงไว้ แต่เจตนาเช่นนี้ท่านห้ามมิให้ยกขึ้นเป็นข้อต่อสู้บุคคลภายนอกผู้กระทำการโดยสุจริต
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If two persons are bound to each other by obligations whose subject is of the same kind and both of which are due, either debtor may be discharged from his obligation by set-off to the extent to which the amounts of the obligations correspond, unless the nature of one of the obligations does not admit of it. The provisions of the foregoing paragraph do not apply, if the parties have declared a contrary intention; but such intention cannot be set up against a third person acting in good faith.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 341 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 56 Supreme Court decisions (1943 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 319/2568 (2025)
- Decision 39/2567 (2024)
- Decision 2628-2637/2561 (2018)
- Decision 15952/2557 (2014)
- Decision 13972/2556 (2013)
- Decision 13687/2556 (2013)
- Decision 5970/2555 (2012)
- Decision 145/2554 (2011)
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 342 9
- Section 344 7
- Section 192 4
- Section 391 3
- Section 1119 3
- Section 456 3
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 341 (Thailand) -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 341 -
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