Section 424
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในการพิพากษาคดีข้อความรับผิดเพื่อละเมิดและกำหนดค่าสินไหมทดแทนนั้น ท่านว่าศาลไม่จำต้องดำเนินตามบทบัญญัติแห่งกฎหมายลักษณะอาญาอันว่าด้วยการที่จะต้องรับโทษ และไม่จำต้องพิเคราะห์ถึงการที่ผู้กระทำผิดต้องคำพิพากษาลงโทษทางอาญาหรือไม่
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The Court, when given judgment as to the liability for wrongful act and the amount of compensation, shall not be bound by the provisions of the criminal law concerning liability to punishment or by the conviction or non-conviction of the wrongdoer for a criminal offence.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 424 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 9 Supreme Court decisions (1966 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 22850/2555 (2012)
- Decision 3360/2528 (1985)
- Decision 2145/2525 (1982)
- Decision 1552/2524 (1981)
- Decision 1476/2510 (1967)
- Decision 8722/2561 (2018)
- Decision 438/2512 (1969)
- Decision 1169/2509 (1966)
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. 424 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 424. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-424/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 424 -
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