Book 1 — General Principles

Section 81

Statutory text (Thai original)

การขอจดทะเบียนสมาคมนั้น ให้ผู้จะเป็นสมาชิกของสมาคมจำนวนไม่น้อยกว่าสามคน ร่วมกันยื่นคำขอเป็นหนังสือต่อนายทะเบียนแห่งท้องที่ที่สำนักงานใหญ่ของสมาคมจะตั้งขึ้น พร้อมกับแนบข้อบังคับของสมาคม รายชื่อ ที่อยู่ และอาชีพของผู้จะเป็นสมาชิกไม่น้อยกว่าสิบคน และรายชื่อ ที่อยู่ และอาชีพของผู้จะเป็นกรรมการของสมาคมมากับคำขอด้วย

Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State

English translation

The application for registration of an association must be filed jointly in writing by at least three of the would-be members of the association with the Registrar of the area where the principal office of the association is situated, and regulations of the association, list of names, addresses and occupations of at least ten would-be members of the association are to be attached to the application.

This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.

Firm annotation

Section 81 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 7 Supreme Court decisions (1965 to 2017)

Selected citing decisions

  • Decision 12735/2555 (2012)
  • Decision 4970/2549 (2006)
  • Decision 6207/2538 (1995)
  • Decision 581/2508 (1965)
  • Decision 4214/2560 (2017)
  • Decision 1007/2518 (1975)
  • Decision 1198/2517 (1974)

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.

Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,652 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics.

Cite this section

  • Plain citation Civil and Commercial Code, s. 81 (Thailand)
  • Academic citation Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 81. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-81/ (accessed 8 August 2026).
  • Thai citation ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 81
  • Permalink https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-81/
  • Embed on your site <blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-81/"><p>The application for registration of an association must be filed jointly in writing by at least three of the would-be members of the association with the Registrar of the area where the principal office of the association is situated, and regulations of the association, list…</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 81 (Thailand) — <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-81/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>

The Thai text is authoritative. The English is an unofficial translation by ThaiLawOnline, free to reuse with attribution.

This is educational reference, not legal advice. Consult a qualified Thai lawyer before relying on any provision.

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