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From Thai Codification Draft of 1924
DRAFT: CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL CODE FOR KINGDOM OF SIAM
BOOK III ON SPECIFIC CONTRACTS. (April 1924)
- Reconstructed from the Documents in Vols. 86, 87, 88, and 89 of “The Archives of the History of Thai Codification”.
- For the details, please, refer to the "Introductory Notes" to the "Reconstructed Book III on Specific Contracts".
TITLE IV. Hire of Property.
Chapter I. General Provisions.
Section 552.
- 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.
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Section 553.
- [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.
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Section 554.
- Costs of a contract of hire must be borne by both parties equally.
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Section 555.
- The rent may consist of money or other properties, or of a share in the fruits and profits of the property hired.
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- Code of January 1925: -
- Code of January 1929: -
Section 556.
- 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.
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Section 557.
- Leases made or renewed for more than twenty years are valid for twenty years only.
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Section 558.
- A lease may be made for the duration of the life of the lessor or of the lessee.
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Section 559.
- 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.
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Section 560.
- 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.
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