Abstract:
According to American and British laws, trust receipt is deemed a security with goods for repayment to a bank. Trust Receipt under Thai law is different. Thai law on security has some restrictions with respect to the use of goods as collateral by virtue of the law on security. Trust receipt agreement, therefore, specifies that the debtor transfers ownership in goods to the bank. This agreement is upheld by the Thai courts in several cases. Besides, a trust receipt agreement contains other covenants which raise some legal issues regarding rights, duties and responsibilities among the bank, customer and other related persons. This thesis studies the legal problems arising from the trust receipt agreement as used in Thailand and its legal consequences whether and how the trust receipt agreement, which transfers ownership in goods to the bank, affects the rights and duties of the bank. The study reveals as follows. 1. In case the bank delivers Bill of Lading to the customer to obtain goods from the carrier so as to sell, use or make finished products, such the customer by doing so is not deemed the banks agent. 2. If the customer pledges the goods with another person, such pledge legally binds the bank because the bank permits the customer to possess the goods in the manner as they belong to the customer and accordingly the bank can not take the goods back from the pledgee without redemption. 3. If the customer becomes insolvent, the goods specified in the Trust Receipt agreement is considered assets in bankruptcy case which is to be shared among creditors under the Bankruptcy Law. 4. In case that the goods is machinery to be subsequently mortgaged with the bank and the bank allows the customer to register the ownership of the machinery pursuant to the Machinery Registration Act, the ownership is deemed to be transferred back to the customer and the customer is entitled to mortgage it after the registration.