Book 2: Obligations

Section 371

Statutory text (Thai original)

บทบัญญัติที่กล่าวมาในมาตราก่อนนี้ท่านมิให้ใช้บังคับ ถ้าเป็นสัญญาต่างตอบแทนมีเงื่อนไขบังคับก่อน และทรัพย์อันเป็นวัตถุแห่งสัญญานั้นสูญหรือทำลายลงในระหว่างที่เงื่อนไขยังไม่สำเร็จถ้าทรัพย์นั้นเสียหายเพราะเหตุอย่างใดอย่างหนึ่งอันจะโทษเจ้าหนี้มิได้ และเมื่อเงื่อนไขนั้นสำเร็จแล้ว เจ้าหนี้จะเรียกให้ชำระหนี้โดยลดส่วนอันตนจะต้องชำระหนี้ตอบแทนนั้นลงหรือเลิกสัญญานั้นเสียก็ได้ แล้วแต่จะเลือก แต่ในกรณีที่ต้นเหตุเสียหายเกิดเพราะฝ่ายลูกหนี้นั้น ท่านว่าหากระทบกระทั่งถึงสิทธิของเจ้าหนี้ที่จะเรียกค่าสินไหมทดแทนไม่

Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State

English translation

The provision of the foregoing section do not apply, if the thing which forms the subject of a reciprocal contra depending upon a condition precedent is lost or destroyed while the condition is pending. If the thing is damaged by a cause not attributable to the creditor, the latter, when the condition is fulfilled, may at his option either demand performance with reduction of his counter performance or rescind the contract, provided that in the case where the cause of the damage is attributable to the debtor, the creditor's right to compensate is not affected thereby.

This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.

Firm annotation

Section 371 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 4 Supreme Court decisions (1963 to 2015)

Selected citing decisions

  • Decision 368/2554 (2011)
  • Decision 4671/2553 (2010)
  • Decision 149/2506 (1963)
  • Decision 50/2558 (2015)

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.

Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,652 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. The count is complete; the stated year range trims rare outliers so it describes where the citations actually sit. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics. How we count these, and what we measured

Cite this section

  • Plain citation Civil and Commercial Code, s. 371 (Thailand)
  • Academic citation Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 371. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-371/ (accessed 8 August 2026).
  • Thai citation ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 371
  • Permalink https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-371/
  • Embed on your site <blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-371/"><p>The provision of the foregoing section do not apply, if the thing which forms the subject of a reciprocal contra depending upon a condition precedent is lost or destroyed while the condition is pending. If the thing is damaged by a cause not attributable to…</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 371 (Thailand) — <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-371/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>

The Thai text is authoritative. The English is an unofficial translation by ThaiLawOnline, free to reuse with attribution.

This is educational reference, not legal advice. Consult a qualified Thai lawyer before relying on any provision.

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