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Hire-Purchase Section CPA-35bis — Consumer Protection Act s.35 bis - controlled-contract businesses
Hire-Purchase (Civil and Commercial Code and Consumer Protection controlled-contract notifications) (เช่าซื้อ ตามประมวลกฎหมายแพ่งและพาณิชย์ และประกาศคณะกรรมการว่าด้วยสัญญา (ธุรกิจที่ควบคุมสัญญา) ตามพระราชบัญญัติคุ้มครองผู้บริโภค) — Section CPA-35bis.
Plain-English Summary
Consumer Protection Act B.E. 2522 s.35 bis: where a sale or service contract must (or customarily does) take written form, the Contract Committee may designate the business as a controlled-contract business. Contracts with consumers must then use the necessary terms (without which the consumer would be unreasonably disadvantaged) and must not use unfair terms, as the Committee prescribes. Under s.35 ter a contract that omits a required term is deemed to contain it, and under s.35 quater a prohibited term is deemed absent.
Official Text
Official Thai text at the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State. Translation summary only.
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Hire-Purchase (Civil and Commercial Code and Consumer Protection controlled-contract notifications)
เช่าซื้อ ตามประมวลกฎหมายแพ่งและพาณิชย์ และประกาศคณะกรรมการว่าด้วยสัญญา (ธุรกิจที่ควบคุมสัญญา) ตามพระราชบัญญัติคุ้มครองผู้บริโภค · B.E. 2522 (1979)
Thailand has no single 'Hire-Purchase Act'; an older version of this page that described a 'Hire-Purchase Business Act' was wrong. Hire-purchase (เช่าซื้อ) is governed by (a) sections 572-574 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which define the contract, require it to be in writing, and set the hirer's and owner's termination rights, and (b) notifications of the Contract Committee (คณะกรรมการว่าด้วยสัญญา) issued under section 35 bis of the Consumer Protection Act B.E. 2522 (1979), which designate certain hire-purchase businesses as 'controlled-contract' businesses and prescribe mandatory contract terms. The notification on hire-purchase of cars and motorcycles (B.E. 2561, in force from 1 July 2018) covers contracts with individuals for personal use; a separate controlled-contract notification covers hire-purchase of electrical appliances.
The summary above is a plain-English educational paraphrase of Section CPA-35bis of the Hire-Purchase (Civil and Commercial Code and Consumer Protection controlled-contract notifications). It is not an authoritative translation. For the binding Thai text, consult the Royal Gazette or the Office of the Council of State. Educational use only — not a substitute for advice from a Thai-qualified lawyer.
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