Section 824
Statutory text (Thai original)
ตัวแทนคนใดทำสัญญาแทนตัวการซึ่งอยู่ต่างประเทศและมีภูมิลำเนาในต่างประเทศ ท่านว่าตัวแทนคนนั้นจะต้องรับผิดตามสัญญานั้นแต่ลำพังตนเอง แม้ทั้งชื่อและตัวการจะได้เปิดเผยแล้ว เว้นแต่ข้อความแห่งสัญญาจะแย้งกันกับความรับผิดของตัวแทน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
An agent who makes a contract on behalf of a principal who is, and has his domicile, in a foreign country is personally liable on the contract although the name of the principal has been disclosed, unless the terms of the contract are inconsistent with his liability.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 824 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 53 Supreme Court decisions (1947 to 2016)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2878/2559 (2016)
- Decision 2765/2559 (2016)
- Decision 15025/2558 (2015)
- Decision 9629/2558 (2015)
- Decision 11774/2557 (2014)
- Decision 15083/2556 (2013)
- Decision 4115/2556 (2013)
- Decision 22785/2555 (2012)
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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