Volume 132, Issue 10A
Royal Gazette
13 February 2558
Section 392: "...shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
Section 394: "...shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
Section 395: "...shall be punished with a fine not over five thousand baht."
Section 396: "...shall be punished with a fine not over five thousand baht."
Section7.The rate of punishment under section 393 of the Penal Code, which has been amended by the Order of the National Administrative Reform Council No. 41 dated 21 October 2519 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following rate of punishment:
Section 393: "...shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
Section8.The stipulations of section 397 of the Penal Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section397.Whoever bullies, oppresses, intimidates, or causes humiliation or nuisance[1] to another person by any means, shall be punished with a fine not over five thousand baht.
If the offence under paragraph 1 is committed in a public place or in public or is characteristic of sexual molestation,[2] it shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine.
If the offence under paragraph 2 is committed by taking advantage of the fact that the offender has superior power over the victim because of [his] relation [to the victim] as a commander, employer, or holder of other superior power, it shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month and a fine not over ten thousand baht."
Section9.The rate of punishment under section 398 of the Penal Code, which has been amended by the Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 8), 2530 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following rate of punishment:
Section 398: "...shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
General Prayut Chan-o-cha
Prime Minister
- ↑ Dueat-ronramkhan (Thai: เดือดร้อนรำคาญ), here translated as "nuisance", is a combination of the words dueat-ron ("trouble") and ramkhan ("annoyance"). In the English draft of the Penal Code (Office of the Juridical Council, 1950, p. 29/101), "agitation" was used for dueat-ronramkhan.
- ↑ Literally, "or is an act that has a characteristic which [can be] understood in such a way that [constitutes] sexual molestation".
