Section 616
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ขนส่งจะต้องรับผิดในการที่ของอันเขาได้มอบหมายแก่ตนนั้นสูญหายหรือบุบสลายหรือส่งมอบชักช้า เว้นแต่จะพิสูจน์ได้ว่าการสูญหายหรือบุบสลายหรือชักช้านั้นเกิดแต่เหตุสุดวิสัย หรือเกิดแต่สภาพแห่งของนั้นเอง หรือเกิดเพราะความผิดของผู้ส่งหรือผู้รับตราส่ง
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The carrier is liable for the loss of, damage to, or delay in delivery of the goods entrusted to him, unless he proves that the loss, damage or delay was caused by force majeure, by the nature of the goods themselves, or by the fault of the consignor or of the consignee.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 616 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 68 Supreme Court decisions (1955 to 2018)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 7726/2561 (2018)
- Decision 10288/2559 (2016)
- Decision 6140/2559 (2016)
- Decision 10156/2558 (2015)
- Decision 22319/2555 (2012)
- Decision 9541/2555 (2012)
- Decision 7157/2555 (2012)
- Decision 4050/2555 (2012)
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 15
- Section 625 11
- Section 620 7
- Thai CPC s. 225 6
- Section 4 6
- Section 609 6
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