Section 65
Statutory text (Thai original)
นิติบุคคลจะมีขึ้นได้ก็แต่ด้วยอาศัยอำนาจแห่งประมวลกฎหมายนี้หรือกฎหมายอื่น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A juristic person can come into existence only by virtue of this Code or of other law.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 65 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 14 Supreme Court decisions (1987 to 2016)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4554/2559 (2016)
- Decision 520/2559 (2016)
- Decision 5149/2554 (2011)
- Decision 8747/2542 (1999)
- Decision 8658-8686/2542 (1999)
- Decision 7560/2540 (1997)
- Decision 6348/2539 (1996)
- Decision 8033/2538 (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.
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 65 (Thailand) -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 65 -
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