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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 XVIII. Gambling and Betting.

Section 972.

• Gambling or betting contracts are void unless expressly authorized by law.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of 1919: Ob.913
2. Code of January 1925: 853, 854
3. Code of January 1929: 853, 854

Section 973.

• [I] If a person, in order to pay a void gambling or betting debt, agrees to incur another obligation, such obligation is void.
• [II] But a bill subscribed or indorsed according to Title XXI on bills in order to pay a gambling or betting debt is valid in the hands of a holder in good faith.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of 1919: Ob.914
2. Code of January 1925: 855
3. Code of January 1929: 855

Section 974.

• A person who has knowingly performed a gambling or betting contract is not entitled to restitution.

《Genealogies》

1. Draft of 1919: Ob.915
2. Code of January 1925: 853
3. Code of January 1929: 853