Section 8: Force majeure
Statutory text (Thai original)
คำว่า “เหตุสุดวิสัย” หมายความว่า เหตุใด ๆ อันจะเกิดขึ้นก็ดี จะให้ผลพิบัติก็ดี เป็นเหตุที่ไม่อาจป้องกันได้แม้ทั้งบุคคลผู้ต้องประสบหรือใกล้จะต้องประสบเหตุนั้นจะได้จัดการระมัดระวังตามสมควรอันพึงคาดหมายได้จากบุคคลในฐานะและภาวะเช่นนั้น
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English translation
"Force majeure" denotes any event the happening or pernicious result of which could not be prevented even though a person against whom it happened or threatened to happen were to take such appropriate care as might be expected from him in his situation and in such condition.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 8 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 49 Supreme Court decisions (1960 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3400/2568 (2025)
- Decision 8184/2568 (2025)
- Decision 5776/2562 (2019)
- Decision 3999/2559 (2016)
- Decision 2832/2559 (2016)
- Decision 16467/2555 (2012)
- Decision 10668/2553 (2010)
- Decision 842-844/2553 (2010)
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