Whereas the House of Representatives has resolved that it is appropriate to amend the provisions of certain sections of the Penal Code;
Therefore, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, a great royal command is given that the following Act be enacted:
Section1.This Act shall be called the "Act Amending the Penal Code, 2477 Buddhist Era (No. 5)".
Section2.This Act shall come into force from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The text of the final paragraph of section 225 of the Penal Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"the person who forges any of the said evidential documents shall be held guilty and be punished with imprisonment from one year up to ten years and an additional fine from a hundred baht up to two thousand baht."
Phraya Nitisatphaisan
Minister
