Section 990
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ทรงเช็คต้องยื่นเช็คแก่ธนาคารเพื่อให้ใช้เงิน คือว่าถ้าเป็นเช็คให้ใช้เงินในเมืองเดียวกันกับที่ออกเช็คต้องยื่นภายในเดือนหนึ่งนับแต่วันออกเช็คนั้น ถ้าเป็นเช็คให้ใช้เงินที่อื่นต้องยื่นภายในสามเดือน ถ้ามิฉะนั้นท่านว่าผู้ทรงสิ้นสิทธิที่จะไล่เบี้ยเอาแก่ผู้สลักหลังทั้งปวง ทั้งเสียสิทธิอันมีต่อผู้สั่งจ่ายด้วยเพียงเท่าที่จะเกิดความเสียหายอย่างหนึ่งอย่างใดแก่ผู้สั่งจ่ายเพราะการที่ละเลยเสียไม่ยื่นเช็คนั้นอนึ่ง ผู้ทรงเช็คซึ่งผู้สั่งจ่ายหลุดพ้นจากความรับผิดไปแล้วนั้น ท่านให้รับช่วงสิทธิของผู้สั่งจ่ายคนนั้นอันมีต่อธนาคาร
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The holder of a cheque must present it to the bank for payment. Where the cheque is payable in the same town in which it was issued, it must be presented within one month from the date of issue; where it is payable elsewhere, within three months. Otherwise the holder loses his right of recourse against all the endorsers, and loses his rights against the drawer to the extent that the drawer suffers loss by reason of the failure to present. A holder whose rights against the drawer have thus been lost is subrogated to the drawer's rights against the bank.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 990 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 18 Supreme Court decisions (1964 to 2001)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 6798/2544 (2001)
- Decision 3597/2534 (1991)
- Decision 3242/2530 (1987)
- Decision 3702/2528 (1985)
- Decision 4027/2527 (1984)
- Decision 2460/2526 (1983)
- Decision 393/2518 (1975)
- Decision 2181/2517 (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.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 989 6
- Section 992 4
- Section 921 4
- Section 940 4
- Section 900 3
- Section 1002 3
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 990 -
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