Volume 136, Issue 69A
Royal Gazette
27 May 2562
Act
Amending the Penal Code (No. 27),
2562 BE
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramenthra Ramathipbodi Sisinthra Maha Vajiralongkorn
Phra Wachiraklao Chaoyuhua
Given on the 24th day of May 2562 BE
Being the 4th year of the present reign
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramenthra Ramathipbodi Sisinthra Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Wachiraklao Chaoyuhua gives a great royal command by which He orders with His pleasure that it be announced as follows:
Whereas it is appropriate to amend the Penal Code;
Therefore, by and with the advice and consent of the National Legislative Assembly acting as the National Assembly, He orders with His gracious pleasure that the following Act be enacted:
Section1.This Act is called the "Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 27), 2562 BE".
Section2.This Act shall come into force from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The following stipulations shall be inserted in the Penal Code as (18) of section 1:
"(18)"to commit intercourse" means to satisfy one's desire by penetrating the sex organ, anus, or oral cavity of another person with one's sex organ".[1]
- ↑ Literally, "to commit for satisfying the desire of the committing person by using the sex organ of the committing person to penetrate the sex organ, anus, or oral cavity of another person".
