Section 608
Statutory text (Thai original)
อันว่าผู้ขนส่งภายในความหมายแห่งกฎหมายลักษณะนี้ คือบุคคลผู้รับขนส่งของหรือคนโดยสารเพื่อบำเหน็จเป็นทางค้าปกติของตน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A carrier, within the meaning of this Title, is a person who undertakes the carriage of goods or of passengers for remuneration as his ordinary business.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 608 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. The English translation is ThaiLawOnline's own, written from the Thai original and verified against it. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 22 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2017)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 10156/2558 (2015)
- Decision 9541/2555 (2012)
- Decision 5597/2551 (2008)
- Decision 5751/2544 (2001)
- Decision 6437/2541 (1998)
- Decision 5828/2540 (1997)
- Decision 4593/2539 (1996)
- Decision 2100/2538 (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.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 618 6
- Section 634 5
- Section 616 4
- Section 610 3
- Section 625 3
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 608 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 608 -
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