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ResourcesThai Civil and Commercial CodeBook1Chapter II Period of Prescription

Chapter II Period of Prescription

Page: 32

Section: 193/34

Section 193/34.- The period of prescription is two years for the following claims :

                (1) Claims of merchants, industrialists, manufacturers, artisans and those who practice industrial arts, for delivery of goods, performance of work and care of others’ affairs, including disbursements, unless the service is rendered for the business of the debtor ;

             (2) Claims of those who engage to agriculture or forestry, for delivery of agricultural or forest products, so far as the delivery is for the domestic use of the debtor ;

                (3) Claim of carriers for passengers or goods, or of messengers, for fare, freight, hire and fees, including disbursements ;

           (4) Claims of innkeepers or hotelkeepers and those who make a business of providing food and drink, or those who make a business of rendering entertainment services according to the law on places of entertainment services, for supplying lodging and food or for other services rendered to the guests, including disbursements ;

                (5) Claims of those who sell lottery tickets, racket or similar tickets for the sale of the tickets, unless the tickets are delivered for further sale ;

                (6) Claims of those who make a business of letting movables, for the rent ;

              (7) Claims of those who, without belonging to the classes specified in (1), make business of the care of others’ affairs or the rendering of services, for the remuneration due to term from the business, including disbursements ;

               (8) Claims of those who are private service, for the wages, or other remuneration for services, including disbursements ; also claims of the employers for advances made upon such claims;

               (9) Claims of employees, whether they be permanent, temporary or day labourers, and apprentices, for the wages or other remuneration, including disbursements ; or claims of the employers for advances made upon such claims ;

             (10) Claims of masters of apprentices, for the premium and other expenses agreed upon in the contract of apprenticeship and for disbursements ;

               (11) Claims of owners of educational institutions or nursing homes, for instruction fees and other fees, or medical fees and other expenses, including disbursements ;

                (12) Claims of those who receive persons to be maintained or educated, for services including disbursement ;

                (13) Claims of those who receive animals to be maintained or trained, for services, including disbursements ;

                (14) Claims of teachers, for their fees ;

              (15) Claims of practitioners in medicine, dentists, nurses, midwives, veterinary surgeons or those who practice in other related fields of medicine, for their services, including disbursements ;

                (16) Claims of lawyers or those engaged in legal profession including expert witnesses, for their services, including disbursements, or claims of the parties for advances made upon such claims;

               (17) Claims of engineers, architects, auditors or those engaged in other independent professions, for services including disbursements, or claims of the employers for advances made upon such claims.