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ResourcesThai Civil and Commercial CodeBook5Book V Family Title I Chapter VI Termination of Marriage

Book V Family Title I Chapter VI Termination of Marriage

Page: 194

Section: 1500 - 1507

Section 1500.- The marriage being adjudged as void shall not impair the rights acquired by a third person acting in good faith before entering the void of the marriage into the Marriage Register under Section 1497/1.

 

CHAPTER VI

TERMINATION OF MARRIAGE

 

Section 1501.- Marriage is terminated by death, divorce, or being revoked by the Court.

 

Section 1502.- A voidable marriage comes to an end when the Court has passed a judgement of cancellation.

 

Section 1503.- An application to the Court for cancellation of marriage on the ground of its being voidable shall be done only in case of the souses have not complied with Section 1448, Section 1505, Section 1506, Section 1507 and Section 1509.

 

Section 1504.- Any interested person may apply for cancellation of marriage voidable in violation of Section 1448. However, a parent or guardian who has given consent for the marriage may not apply for the cancellation of the marriage.

If the Court has not cancelled the marriage until both the man and the woman have completed the age in accordance with Section 1448 or if the woman has become pregnant before such completion of age under Section 1448, the marriage shall be deemed to be valid from the time it is made.

 

Section 1505.-A marriage made on account of a mistake as to the identity of the other spouse shall be deemed to be voidable.

The right of application of revocation of the marriage on account of the mistake as to the identity of the spouse shall come to an end after the lapse of ninety days from the date of the marriage.

 

Section 1506.- If the spouses have made the marriage on account of a fraud to such extend that without it the marriage would not have been made, the marriage is voidable.

The provisions of the first paragraph shall not apply in case of the fraud is caused by a third person whom the other spouse has not known.

The right to apply for revocation of the marriage on account of the fraud shall be extinguished after the lapse of ninety days from the date on which the spouse has known or should have known of the fraud, or after the lapse of one year from the date of the marriage.

 

Section 1507.- If the spouses have made the marriage by reason of duress to such an extent that without it the marriage would have not been made, the said marriage is voidable.

The right to apply for cancellation of the marriage by reason of the duress shall be extinguished after the lapse of one year from the date on which the spouse is free from the duress.