Volume 99, Issue 108
Royal Gazette
6 August 2525
Section284.Whoever carries a woman away for an indecent purpose by exercising a deceitful trick, threat, forcible violence, undue influence, or any other means of coercion, shall be punished with imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine from two thousand baht to ten thousand baht.
Whoever hides the woman carried away according to paragraph 1 shall be punished in the same manner as the carrier.
The offences under this section are compoundable."
Section5.The stipulations of section 286 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Announcement of the Revolutionary Council No. 11 dated 21 November 2514 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section286.Whoever aged above sixteen years lives on the income of a female prostitute, even in part, shall be punished with imprisonment from seven years to twenty years and a fine from fourteen thousand baht to forty thousand baht, or imprisonment for life.
Whoever has no other apparent means of living or has no sufficient means of living and—
(1)appears to be together with or to associate with one or several female prostitutes habitually;
(2)is accommodated or receives money or other benefit furnished by a female prostitute; or
