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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.
• The detailed information about the genealogical relations between the Draft 1919, Codes of 1923, Codes of 1925, and Code of 1992 is available at the "French Advisers' Heritage".

BOOK ON OBLIGATIONS.

DIVISION VII. SPECIFIC CONTRACTS.

TITLE XXI. Bills.

Section 952.

• Bills within the meaning of this Code are of three kinds, namely: bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1023
2. Code of January 1925: 898

Section 953.

• References to matters provided in this Title are void unless written on the bill.

《Genealogies》

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

Section 954.

• If matters not provided in this Title are written on the bill, they have no effect under the bill.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1024
2. Code of January 1925: 899

Section 955.

• A person who puts his signature upon a bill is liable thereon according to the tenor of such bill.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1025
2. Code of January 1925: 900

Section 956.

• A person who affixes on a bill a mere mark, such as a cross or a finger print, even if certified by witnesses, cannot exercise the rights and does not incur the liabilities resulting from the specific rules concerning bills. He is only bound by the general rules concerning obligations.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1026
2. Code of January 1925: 900

Section 957.

• If an agent puts his signature upon a bill without stating that he is acting on behalf of a principal, the agent is liable under the bill but the principal is not.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1027
2. Code of January 1925: 901

Section 958.

• Although one or more of the parties to a bill may be incapacitated, the bill is valid as regards capable parties.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1028
2. Code of January 1925: 902

Section 959.

• No extension of time can be granted by the Court for the payment of a bill.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1029
2. Code of January 1925: 903

Section 960.

• Holder means a person who is in possession of a bill as a payee or indorsee, or the bearer if the bill is payable to bearer.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1030
2. Code of January 1925: 904

Section 961.

• The indorsee of a bill is not a holder unless the first indorsement be signed by the payee and each subsequent indorsment be signed by the person described in the preceding indorsement, so that there be an unbroken series of indorsements.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1031
2. Code of January 1925: 961

Section 962.

• The expression prior parties includes the drawer or maker of the bill and the prior indorsers.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1032
2. Code of January 1925: 906

Section 963.

• [I] When there is no room on a bill for further indorsements, a slip of paper, called an allonge, may be attached thereto. It becomes part of the bill.
• [II] The first indorsement on the allonge must be written partly on the bill itself and partly on the alionge [=allonge].

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of April 1924: 1033
2. Code of January 1925: 907