Section 481
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าผู้ขายไม่ได้เป็นคู่ความในคดีเดิม หรือถ้าผู้ซื้อได้ประนีประนอมยอมความกับบุคคลภายนอก หรือยอมตามที่บุคคลภายนอกเรียกร้องไซร้ ท่านห้ามมิให้ฟ้องคดีในข้อรับผิดเพื่อการรอนสิทธิเมื่อพ้นกำหนดสามเดือนนับแต่วันคำพิพากษาในคดีเดิมถึงที่สุด หรือนับแต่วันประนีประนอมยอมความ หรือวันที่ยอมตามบุคคลภายนอกเรียกร้องนั้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If the seller was not a party to the original action, or if the buyer has made a compromise with the third person, or has yielded to his claim, no action for liability on account of eviction can be entered later than three months after final judgment in the original action, or after the date of the compromise, or of the yielding to the third person.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 481 is part of Book 3 (Specific Contracts) 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 19 Supreme Court decisions (1948 to 2012)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 8467/2555 (2012)
- Decision 4467/2553 (2010)
- Decision 7218/2542 (1999)
- Decision 2597/2541 (1998)
- Decision 1192/2541 (1998)
- Decision 5366/2539 (1996)
- Decision 4366/2539 (1996)
- Decision 4995/2538 (1995)
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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