Section 533
Statutory text (Thai original)
เมื่อผู้ให้ได้ให้อภัยแก่ผู้รับในเหตุประพฤติเนรคุณนั้นแล้วก็ดี หรือเมื่อเวลาได้ล่วงไปแล้วหกเดือนนับแต่เหตุเช่นนั้นได้ทราบถึงบุคคลผู้ชอบที่จะเรียกถอนคืนการให้ได้นั้นก็ดี ท่านว่าหาอาจจะถอนคืนการให้ได้ไม่อนึ่ง ท่านห้ามมิให้ฟ้องคดีเมื่อพ้นเวลาสิบปีภายหลังเหตุการณ์เช่นว่านั้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A gift cannot be revoked if the donor has forgiven the donee, or if six months have elapsed since the time when the act of ingratitude came to knowledge of the person entitled to claim revocation. No action can be claimed later than ten years after 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 533 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 12 Supreme Court decisions (1950 to 2010)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 6962/2550 (2007)
- Decision 2430/2548 (2005)
- Decision 9854/2544 (2001)
- Decision 2984/2538 (1995)
- Decision 5132/2533 (1990)
- Decision 4356/2528 (1985)
- Decision 1459/2526 (1983)
- Decision 457/2523 (1980)
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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