Section 409
Statutory text (Thai original)
เมื่อบุคคลผู้หนึ่งผู้ใดซึ่งมิได้เป็นลูกหนี้ได้ชำระหนี้ไปโดยสำคัญผิด เป็นเหตุให้เจ้าหนี้ผู้ทำการโดยสุจริตได้ทำลาย หรือลบล้างเสียซึ่งเอกสารอันเป็นพยานหลักฐานแห่งหนี้ก็ดี ยกเลิกหลักประกันเสียก็ดี สิ้นสิทธิไปเพราะขาดอายุความก็ดี ท่านว่าเจ้าหนี้ไม่จำต้องคืนทรัพย์บทบัญญัติที่กล่าวมาในวรรคก่อนนี้ไม่ขัดขวางต่อการที่บุคคลผู้ได้ชำระหนี้นั้นจะใช้สิทธิไล่เบี้ยเอาแก่ลูกหนี้และผู้ค้ำประกัน ถ้าจะพึงมี
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
When a person who is not a debtor has performed an obligation by mistake and the creditor, in consequence thereof, has in good faith destroyed or obliterated the documentary evidence of the obligation or given up any security or lost his right by prescription, the creditor is not bound to make restitution. The provisions of the foregoing paragraph do not prevent the person who has performed from exercising a right of recourse against the debtor and his surety, if any
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 409 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 2 Supreme Court decisions (1979 to 1995)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 255/2522 (1979)
- Decision 7246/2538 (1995)
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 409 (Thailand) -
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Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 409. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-409/ (accessed 27 August 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 409 -
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