Section 620
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ขนส่งไม่ต้องรับผิดในเงินทองตรา ธนบัตร ธนาคารบัตร ตั๋วเงิน พันธบัตร ใบหุ้น ใบหุ้นกู้ ประทวนสินค้า อัญมณี และของมีค่าอย่างอื่น ๆ หากมิได้รับบอกราคาหรือสภาพแห่งของไว้ในขณะที่ส่งมอบแก่ตนแต่ถ้าของนั้นได้บอกราคา ท่านว่าความรับผิดของผู้ขนส่งก็ย่อมจำกัดเพียงไม่เกินราคาที่บอก
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The carrier is not liable for money, banknotes, bank notes, bills, bonds, share certificates, debentures, warehouse warrants, jewellery or other valuables, unless their value or nature was declared to him at the time of delivery.
Where the value was declared, the carrier's liability is limited to the value declared.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 620 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 19 Supreme Court decisions (1979 to 2012)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2916/2555 (2012)
- Decision 5746/2553 (2010)
- Decision 468/2551 (2008)
- Decision 7970/2549 (2006)
- Decision 1920/2546 (2003)
- Decision 2887/2541 (1998)
- Decision 5203/2538 (1995)
- Decision 3888/2537 (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.
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