Section 342
Statutory text (Thai original)
หักกลบลบหนี้นั้น ทำได้ด้วยคู่กรณีฝ่ายหนึ่งแสดงเจตนาแก่อีกฝ่ายหนึ่ง การแสดงเจตนาเช่นนี้ท่านว่าจะมีเงื่อนไขหรือเงื่อนเวลาเริ่มต้นหรือเวลาสิ้นสุดอีกด้วยหาได้ไม่การแสดงเจตนาดังกล่าวมาในวรรคก่อนนี้ ท่านว่ามีผลย้อนหลังขึ้นไปจนถึงเวลาซึ่งหนี้ทั้งสองฝ่ายนั้นจะอาจหักกลบลบกันได้เป็นครั้งแรก
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Set-off is made by a declaration of intention by one party to another. A condition or time commencement or ending cannot be added to such declaration. The declaration of intention mentioned in the foregoing paragraph relates back in its effect to the time when both obligations could first have been set-off.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 342 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 14 Supreme Court decisions (1963 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 319/2568 (2025)
- Decision 15952/2557 (2014)
- Decision 3729/2552 (2009)
- Decision 6034/2545 (2002)
- Decision 1748/2540 (1997)
- Decision 3671/2534 (1991)
- Decision 3742/2533 (1990)
- Decision 2372/2528 (1985)
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 342 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 342. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-342/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 342 -
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