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No plain shall be submitted to any court, save—

where it appears, after taking the nature of the plaint and the instance of the court into consideration, that the court has the power to try and adjudicate upon the case according to the provisions of the law on the Charter of the Courts of Justice; and

where it appears, after taking the plaint into consideration, that the case is subject to the territorial jurisdiction of the court according to the provisions of this Code on the court empowered to accept the plaint and according to the provisions of the law designating the territorial jurisdiction of the court as well.

In the case that there is no provision of this Chapter governing the filing of a plaint by a Thai national against a Thai national, such plaint may be filed with a court of first instance in the zone of Phra Nakhon and Thon Buri Provinces.