Section 61
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าบุคคลใดได้ไปจากภูมิลำเนาหรือถิ่นที่อยู่ และไม่มีใครรู้แน่ว่าบุคคลนั้นยังมีชีวิตอยู่หรือไม่ตลอดระยะเวลาห้าปี เมื่อผู้มีส่วนได้เสียหรือพนักงานอัยการร้องขอ ศาลจะสั่งให้บุคคลนั้นเป็นคนสาบสูญก็ได้ระยะเวลาตามวรรคหนึ่งให้ลดเหลือสองปี (๑) นับแต่วันที่การรบหรือสงครามสิ้นสุดลง ถ้าบุคคลนั้นอยู่ในการรบหรือสงคราม และหายไปในการรบหรือสงครามดังกล่าว (๒) นับแต่วันที่ยานพาหนะที่บุคคลนั้นเดินทาง อับปาง ถูกทำลาย หรือสูญหายไป (๓) นับแต่วันที่เหตุอันตรายแก่ชีวิตนอกจากที่ระบุไว้ใน (๑) หรือ (๒) ได้ผ่านพ้นไป ถ้าบุคคลนั้นตกอยู่ในอันตรายเช่นว่านั้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If a person has left his domicile or residence and it has been uncertain for five years whether he is living or dead, the court may, on the application of any interested person or of the public prosecutor, adjudge that such person has disappeared. The period of time under paragraph one shall be reduced to two years; 1. As from the day when the battle or war comes to an end and the person who had been engaged in such battle or war has been disappeared therein; 2. As from the day when the vehicle on which the person had been traveling was lost or destroyed; 3. As from the day when any peril of his life other than those mentioned in (1) or (2) has passed and the person had been in such peril.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 61 is part of Book 1 (General Principles) 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 7 Supreme Court decisions (1995 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4656/2566 (2023)
- Decision 2739/2556 (2013)
- Decision 5770/2548 (2005)
- Decision 943/2538 (1995)
- Decision 5513/2552 (2009)
- Decision 4823/2548 (2005)
- Decision 480/2539 (1996)
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 61 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 61. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-61/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 61 -
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