Section 609
Statutory text (Thai original)
การรับขนของหรือคนโดยสารในหน้าที่ของกรมรถไฟหลวงแห่งกรุงสยาม และการขนไปรษณียภัณฑ์ในหน้าที่กรมไปรษณีย์โทรเลขนั้น ท่านให้บังคับตามกฎหมายและกฎข้อบังคับสำหรับทบวงการนั้น ๆรับขนของทางทะเล ท่านให้บังคับตามกฎหมายและกฎข้อบังคับว่าด้วยการนั้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The carriage of goods or of passengers by the State Railway, and the carriage of postal matter by the Post and Telegraph Department, are governed by the laws and regulations applicable to those services.
Carriage of goods by sea is governed by the laws and regulations relating to that subject.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 609 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 38 Supreme Court decisions (1959 to 2013)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 9937/2556 (2013)
- Decision 1528/2552 (2009)
- Decision 1530/2551 (2008)
- Decision 5751/2544 (2001)
- Decision 1418/2540 (1997)
- Decision 4805/2539 (1996)
- Decision 3937/2539 (1996)
- Decision 5287/2537 (1994)
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 13
- Section 624 11
- Section 4 10
- Section 164 8
- Section 616 6
- Section 625 6
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