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acknowledgement of an acquisition of an ownership of the
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land via an adverse title
Nonetheless in any problems where there is no Kwaeng Court, the
Provincial Court shall have the competency to try and adjudicate cases
under the jurisdiction of the Kwaeng Court.

Cases in Provincial Courts are decided by the quorum of two judges.

In Bangkok, Courts of first instance dealing with civil cases are the
Civil Court, the Civil Court of Southern Bangkok, the Thon Buri Civil
Court, the Min Buri Provincial Court, the Taling Chun Provincial Court
and the Prakanong Provincial Court. In other provinces, Provincial Courts
try both criminal and civil cases.

Kwaeng Courts
Kwaeng courts are competent to try and adjudicate petty cases,
and to inquire or to issue any order which is within the authority of a
single judge. In civil cases, Kwaeng courts are competent to try and
adjudicate cases with the amount of money or value of property in dispute
not exceeding 300,000 THB.

In Bangkok, there are the Northern Pranakorn Kwaeng Court, the
Southern Pranakorn Kwaeng Court, the Dusit Kwaeng Court, the
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Pathumwan Kwaeng Court and the Thonburi Kwaeng Court .

6.1.1.1.2 The Specialized Courts
The Specialized Courts consist of the Labour Court, the Tax
Court, the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, and the
Bankruptcy Court.
The Labour Court

The Act for the Establishment of Labour Courts and Procedure
for Labour Cases 1979 provides for the establishment of Central Labour

147 Office of the Judiciary, Civil Procedure, Bangkok: Petchrung Printing, n.d.,
4.
148 Ibid.

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