Section 428: Liability of contractor and principal
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ว่าจ้างทำของไม่ต้องรับผิดเพื่อความเสียหายอันผู้รับจ้างได้ก่อให้เกิดขึ้นแก่บุคคลภายนอกในระหว่างทำการงานที่ว่าจ้าง เว้นแต่ผู้ว่าจ้างจะเป็นผู้ผิดในส่วนการงานที่สั่งให้ทำ หรือในคำสั่งที่ตนให้ไว้ หรือในการเลือกหาผู้รับจ้าง
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English translation
An employer is not liable for damage done by the contractor to a third person in the course of the work, unless the employer was at fault in regard to the word ordered or to his instructions or to the selection of the contractor.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 428 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 46 Supreme Court decisions (1958 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 7965/2568 (2025)
- Decision 60/2568 (2025)
- Decision 62/2568 (2025)
- Decision 4269/2565 (2022)
- Decision 2417/2562 (2019)
- Decision 4304/2558 (2015)
- Decision 7086/2552 (2009)
- Decision 2335/2551 (2008)
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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