Translation:Collection of Laws by Year/Tome 65/Volume 1/Part 7
Civil and Commercial Code Amendment
Act (No 6),
2495 BE[1]
Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 23rd day of February 2495 BE
Being the 7th year of the present reign
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramin Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej commands that it be announced as follows:
Whereas it is appropriate to amend the Civil and Commercial Code;
Therefore, He permits, by and with the advice and consent of the House of People’s Representatives, the enactment of the following Act:
Section1.This Act is called the Civil and Commercial Code Amendment Act (No 6), 2495 BE.
Section2.This Act shall come into force from the 1st day of October 2493 BE[2] onwards.
Section3.The provisions of section 1669 of the Civil and Commercial Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:
“Section1669.During the time that the Country is in a state of armed conflict or war, a person serving the military or acting in connection with the military service may make a will in the form provided in section 1658, section 1660, or section 1663. In such event, a commissioned military officer or public official in the military sector shall have the same powers and duties as a district commissioner.
The provisions of the previous paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the event in which a person serving the military or acting in connection with the military service makes a will in a foreign country whilst carrying out an operation for the Country during a state of armed conflict or war in the foreign country. In this event, a commissioned military officer or public official in the military sector shall have the same powers and duties as a Thai diplomatic or consular official.
If the testator under either of the two previous paragraphs is sick or wounded and is in a hospital, a physician of such hospital shall also have the same powers and duties as a district commissioner or a Thai diplomatic or consular official, as the case may be.”
Field Marshal P Phibunsongkhram
Prime Minister
(Royal Gazette, volume 69, issue 12, page 189, dated 26 February 2495)[1]