Section 831
Statutory text (Thai original)
อันความระงับสิ้นไปแห่งสัญญาตัวแทนนั้น ท่านห้ามมิให้ยกขึ้นเป็นข้อต่อสู้บุคคลภายนอกผู้ทำการโดยสุจริต เว้นแต่บุคคลภายนอกหากไม่ทราบความนั้นเพราะความประมาทเลินเล่อของตนเอง
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The extinction of agency cannot be set up against a third person acting in good faith, unless the third person is ignorant of the fact through his own negligence.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 831 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 3 Supreme Court decisions (1969 to 2011)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 943/2512 (1969)
- Decision 858-861/2554 (2011)
- Decision 7488/2541 (1998)
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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