Section 991
Statutory text (Thai original)
ธนาคารจำต้องใช้เงินตามเช็คซึ่งผู้เคยค้ากับธนาคารได้ออกเบิกเงินแก่ตน เว้นแต่ในกรณีดังกล่าวต่อไปนี้ คือ(๑) ไม่มีเงินในบัญชีของผู้เคยค้าคนนั้นเป็นเจ้าหนี้พอจะจ่ายตามเช็คนั้น หรือ(๒) เช็คนั้นยื่นเพื่อให้ใช้เงินเมื่อพ้นเวลาหกเดือนนับแต่วันออกเช็ค หรือ(๓) ได้มีคำบอกกล่าวว่าเช็คนั้นหายหรือถูกลักไป
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A bank must pay a cheque drawn on it by a customer, except in the following cases: (1) there are not sufficient funds standing to the credit of that customer's account to pay the cheque; (2) the cheque is presented for payment more than six months after its date of issue; (3) notice has been given that the cheque has been lost or stolen.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 991 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 24 Supreme Court decisions (1953 to 2012)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 22658/2555 (2012)
- Decision 469/2543 (2000)
- Decision 2201/2542 (1999)
- Decision 6660/2540 (1997)
- Decision 583/2538 (1995)
- Decision 4963/2536 (1993)
- Decision 3675/2534 (1991)
- Decision 1526/2532 (1989)
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