Section 559
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าไม่มีกำหนดโดยสัญญาหรือโดยจารีตประเพณีว่าจะพึงชำระค่าเช่า ณ เวลาใด ท่านให้ชำระเมื่อสิ้นระยะเวลาอันได้ตกลงกำหนดกันไว้ทุกคราวไป กล่าวคือว่าถ้าเช่ากันเป็นรายปีก็พึงชำระค่าเช่าเมื่อสิ้นปี ถ้าเช่ากันเป็นรายเดือนก็พึงชำระค่าเช่าเมื่อสิ้นเดือน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If no time for payment of rent is fixed by the contract or by custom, the rent must be paid at the end of each period for which it is stipulated, that is to say: if a property is hired at so much per year, the rent is payable at the end of each year, if a property is hired at so much per month, the rent is payable at the end of each month.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 559 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 6 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2008)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 6179/2551 (2008)
- Decision 4392/2530 (1987)
- Decision 1169/2510 (1967)
- Decision 1/2492 (1949)
- Decision 1606/2505 (1962)
- Decision 4809/2548 (2005)
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