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DRAFT: CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL CODE FOR KINGDOM OF SIAM.

• The today existing (probably) only copy of its publication is in possession of the main library of Bangkok University. The detailed information and images of the original sources are available on the Centennial Website.
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BOOK ON OBLIGATIONS.

DIVISION VII. SPECIFIC CONTRACTS.

TITLE IV. Hire of Property.

Section 487.

• A contract of hire of property or a lease is a contract whereby a person, called the lessor, agrees to let another person, called the lessee, have the use or profits of the property for a limited period of time, and the lessee agrees to pay therefor a remuneration called rent.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 552
2. Code of January 1925: 537

Section 488.

• [I] A lease of immovable property is void unless made in writing.
• [II] If the lease is for more than three years, it is void unless also registered by the proper official.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 553
2. Code of January 1925: 538

Section 489.

• Costs of a contract of hire must be borne by both parties equally.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 554
2. Code of January 1925: 539

Section 490.

• The rent may consist of money or other properties, or of a share in the fruits and profits of the property hired.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 555
2. Code of January 1925: -

Section 491.

• No lease may be made for a period exceeding twenty years, provided that an existing lease may be renewed for a period not exceeding twenty years after the date of renewal.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 556
2. Code of January 1925: 540

Section 492.

• Leases made or renewed for more than twenty years are valid for twenty years only.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 557
2. Code of January 1925: 540

Section 493.

• A lease may be made for the duration of the life of the lessor or of the lessee.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 558
2. Code of January 1925: 541

Section 494.

• When several persons claim the same movable property under different leases, the lessee who has first taken possession of the property by virtue of his 1ease shall be preferred.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 559
2. Code of January 1925: 542

Section 495.

• When several persons claim the same immovable property under different leases:
• (1) if none of the leases is required by law to be registered, the lessee who has first taken possession of the property by virtue of his lease shall be preferred:
• (2) if all the leases are required by law to be registered the lessee whose lease was first registered shall be preferred;
• (3) if there is a conflict between a lease which is required by law, and a lease which is not required by law, to be registered, the lessee whose lease has been registered, shall be preferred unless the other lessee has taken possession of the property by virtue of his lease before the date of registration.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 560
2. Code of January 1925: 543