Section 822
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าตัวแทนทำการอันใดเกินอำนาจตัวแทน แต่ทางปฏิบัติของตัวการทำให้บุคคลภายนอกมีมูลเหตุอันสมควรจะเชื่อว่าการอันนั้นอยู่ภายในขอบอำนาจของตัวแทนไซร้ ท่านให้ใช้บทบัญญัติมาตราก่อนนี้เป็นบทบังคับ แล้วแต่กรณี
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
If an agent does an act in excess of his authority, but the third person has reasonable grounds, arising from the act of the principal, to believe that it was within his authority, the provisions of the foregoing section apply correspondingly.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 822 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, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 36 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2020)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3612/2563 (2020)
- Decision 3444/2559 (2016)
- Decision 8547/2558 (2015)
- Decision 15911/2555 (2012)
- Decision 10865/2555 (2012)
- Decision 11515/2553 (2010)
- Decision 9272/2553 (2010)
- Decision 6542/2552 (2009)
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.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 821 17
- Section 820 8
- Section 6 5
- Section 823 4
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