Volume 109, Issue 13
Royal Gazette
25 February 2535
Section4.The stipulations of section 328 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Order of the National Administrative Reform Council No. 41 dated 21 October 2519 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section328.If the offence of defamation is committed by publication through a document, a drawing, a painting, a film, a picture or letter made available by any means, a phonograph record, or a recording of audio, recording of video, or recording of letters; committed by broadcasting of sound or broadcasting of picture; or committed by other means of publicity; the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not over two years and a fine not over two hundred thousand baht."
Anand Panyarachun
Prime Minister
Note: The grounds for promulgation of this Act are as follows: Since it appears that more and more persons are committing offences of defamation whilst the provisions relating to the rates of punishment applicable to those offenders do not suit the situation, making the said offenders have no fear [of the law], it is appropriate to amend the rates of punishment by heightening them. Therefore, it is necessary to enact this Act.
