Section 71
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่นิติบุคคลมีผู้แทนหลายคน การดำเนินกิจการของนิติบุคคลให้เป็นไปตามเสียงข้างมากของผู้แทนของนิติบุคคลนั้น เว้นแต่จะได้มีข้อกำหนดไว้เป็นประการอื่นในกฎหมาย ข้อบังคับ หรือตราสารจัดตั้ง
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
In the case where a juristic person has several representatives, if it is not otherwise provided by the law, or defined in regulations or constitutive act, decisions as to the affairs of juristic person are made by a majority of representatives.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 71 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 27 Supreme Court decisions (1966 to 2018)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 21166/2556 (2013)
- Decision 21165/2556 (2013)
- Decision 13140/2556 (2013)
- Decision 7872/2542 (1999)
- Decision 2567-2568/2540 (1997)
- Decision 3598/2538 (1995)
- Decision 2528/2537 (1994)
- Decision 4764/2529 (1986)
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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