Section 959
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ทรงตั๋วแลกเงินจะใช้สิทธิไล่เบี้ยเอาแก่บรรดาผู้สลักหลัง ผู้สั่งจ่าย และบุคคลอื่น ๆ ซึ่งต้องรับผิดตามตั๋วเงินนั้นก็ได้ คือก) ไล่เบี้ยได้เมื่อตั๋วเงินถึงกำหนดในกรณีไม่ใช้เงินข) ไล่เบี้ยได้แม้ทั้งตั๋วเงินยังไม่ถึงกำหนดในกรณีดังจะกล่าวต่อไปนี้ คือ(๑) ถ้าเขาบอกปัดไม่รับรองตั๋วเงิน(๒) ถ้าผู้จ่ายหากจะได้รับรองหรือไม่ก็ตาม ตกเป็นคนล้มละลาย หรือได้งดเว้นการใช้หนี้ แม้การงดเว้นใช้หนี้นั้น จะมิได้มีคำพิพากษาเป็นหลักฐานก็ตาม หรือถ้าผู้จ่ายถูกยึดทรัพย์และการยึดทรัพย์นั้นไร้ผล(๓) ถ้าผู้สั่งจ่ายตั๋วเงินชนิดไม่จำเป็นต้องให้ผู้ใดรับรองนั้นตกเป็นคนล้มละลาย
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The holder of a bill of exchange may exercise his right of recourse against the endorsers, the drawer and other parties liable on the bill: (a) at maturity, in case of non-payment; (b) even before maturity, in the following cases: (1) if acceptance has been refused; (2) if the drawee, whether he has accepted or not, becomes bankrupt or suspends payment, even though the suspension is not established by a judgment, or if execution against his property has been levied without result; (3) if the drawer of a bill not requiring acceptance becomes bankrupt.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 959 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 13 Supreme Court decisions (1959 to 2004)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1494/2529 (1986)
- Decision 169/2528 (1985)
- Decision 3971/2526 (1983)
- Decision 755/2526 (1983)
- Decision 610/2520 (1977)
- Decision 1750/2518 (1975)
- Decision 1865/2517 (1974)
- Decision 2190/2532 (1989)
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 989 11
- Section 914 6
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