Section 42
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าบุคคลใดได้เลือกเอาถิ่นใด โดยมีเจตนาปรากฏชัดแจ้งว่าจะให้เป็นภูมิลำเนาเฉพาะการเพื่อทำการใด ให้ถือว่าถิ่นนั้นเป็นภูมิลำเนาเฉพาะการสำหรับการนั้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If a person selects any place with manifest intention of making it a special domicile for any act, which is deemed to be the domicile in respect to such act.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 42 is part of Book 1 (General Principles) 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 (1980 to 2021)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3347/2564 (2021)
- Decision 5845/2558 (2015)
- Decision 1950/2553 (2010)
- Decision 2983/2550 (2007)
- Decision 5944/2549 (2006)
- Decision 7624/2547 (2004)
- Decision 663/2544 (2001)
- Decision 5051/2543 (2000)
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. 42 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 42. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-42/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 42 -
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