Section 568
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าทรัพย์สินซึ่งให้เช่าสูญหายไปแต่เพียงบางส่วน และมิได้เป็นเพราะความผิดของผู้เช่า ท่านว่าผู้เช่าจะเรียกให้ลดค่าเช่าลงตามส่วนที่สูญหายก็ได้ในกรณีเช่นนี้ ถ้าผู้เช่าไม่สามารถใช้สอยทรัพย์สินส่วนที่ยังคงเหลืออยู่นั้นสำเร็จประโยชน์ได้ดังที่ได้มุ่งหมายเข้าทำสัญญาเช่าไซร้ ท่านว่าผู้เช่าจะบอกเลิกสัญญาเสียก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If part only of the property hired is lost without the fault of the hirer, he may claim that the rent be reduced in portion to the part lost. If in such case the hirer cannot with the remaining part accomplish the purpose for which he entered the contract of hire, he may terminate.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 568 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 4 Supreme Court decisions (1976 to 2005)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 679/2536 (1993)
- Decision 1523/2535 (1992)
- Decision 1583/2519 (1976)
- Decision 4809/2548 (2005)
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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