Section 764: Enforcement of a pledge
Statutory text (Thai original)
เมื่อจะบังคับจำนำ ผู้รับจำนำต้องบอกกล่าวเป็นหนังสือไปยังลูกหนี้ก่อนว่า ให้ชำระหนี้และอุปกรณ์ภายในเวลาอันควรซึ่งกำหนดให้ในคำบอกกล่าวนั้นถ้าลูกหนี้ละเลยไม่ปฏิบัติตามคำบอกกล่าว ผู้รับจำนำชอบที่จะเอาทรัพย์สินซึ่งจำนำออกขายได้ แต่ต้องขายทอดตลาดอนึ่ง ผู้รับจำนำต้องมีจดหมายบอกกล่าวไปยังผู้จำนำบอกเวลาและสถานที่ซึ่งจะขายทอดตลาดด้วย
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English translation
On enforcement of the pledge, the pledgee must first give written notice to the debtor to perform the obligation and its accessories within a reasonable time to be fixed in the notice. If the debtor neglects to comply with the notice, the pledgee is entitled to sell the pledged property, but the sale must be by public auction. The pledgee must also give written notice to the pledgor of the time and place of the auction.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 764 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 8 Supreme Court decisions (1980 to 2016)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3481/2559 (2016)
- Decision 7004/2558 (2015)
- Decision 4005/2552 (2009)
- Decision 5099/2548 (2005)
- Decision 2945/2526 (1983)
- Decision 9465/2544 (2001)
- Decision 1474/2528 (1985)
- Decision 875/2523 (1980)
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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