Section 356
Statutory text (Thai original)
คำเสนอทำแก่บุคคลผู้อยู่เฉพาะหน้า โดยมิได้บ่งระยะเวลาให้ทำคำสนองนั้น เสนอ ณ ที่ใดเวลาใดก็ย่อมจะสนองรับได้แต่ ณ ที่นั้นเวลานั้น ความข้อนี้ท่านให้ใช้ตลอดถึงการที่บุคคลคนหนึ่งทำคำเสนอไปยังบุคคลอีกคนหนึ่งทางโทรศัพท์ด้วย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
An offer made to a person who is present without specifying a period for acceptance may be accepted only there and then. This applies also to an offer made by one person to another on the telephone.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 356 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 5 Supreme Court decisions (1947 to 2024)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1824/2567 (2024)
- Decision 3208/2565 (2022)
- Decision 6231/2556 (2013)
- Decision 3720/2551 (2008)
- Decision 411/2490 (1947)
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. 356 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 356. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-356/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 356 -
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