Section 10 — Requirements for a court record
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้อยคำสำนวนต้องระบุชื่อศาล สถานที่ และวันเดือนปีที่จด ถ้าศาลจดถ้อยคำสำนวนตามคำสั่งหรือประเด็นของศาลอื่น ให้กล่าวเช่นนั้น และแสดงด้วยว่าได้ทำไปอย่างใดผู้พิพากษาที่จดถ้อยคำสำนวนต้องลงลายมือชื่อของตนในถ้อยคำสำนวนนั้น
English translation
A court record of proceedings shall state the name of the Court, the place, and the date on which it is entered. If the Court records the proceedings on the order or by the reference of another Court, it shall so state, and shall also show what has been done. The judge who records the proceedings shall sign his name in the record.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified — always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 10 is the court-side counterpart of Section 9: it fixes the formal particulars of the court's own record of proceedings. Together with Sections 9, 11 and 12, it forms the Code's regime for authenticating written records in criminal cases, and it ties back to the definition of "court record of proceedings" in Section 2(19). The signature and identifying details make clear which court and judge produced the record and under what authority.
Why this matters in practice
Section 10 gives parties a way to check that the court's own records are properly constituted, for example when a deposition is taken by another court on a reference. Missing details, such as the recording judge's signature or the note that the record was made on another court's order, can be raised where the integrity of the record is questioned. In practice these are technical points that reinforce the reliability of the case file.
Frequently asked questions
What must a court record of proceedings contain in Thailand?
Under Section 10, it must state the court's name, the place and the date it is entered, note if it was made on another court's order or reference, and be signed by the recording judge.
How does Section 10 differ from Section 9?
Section 9 governs memoranda made by administrative or police officials, while Section 10 governs the record of proceedings made by the court itself.