Volume 136, Issue 69A
Royal Gazette
27 May 2562
If the offence under paragraph 4 or paragraph 5 is committed whilst having a firearm or explosive, or by using a weapon, or through a joint action characteristic of gang rape against a girl or action of identical characteristics against a boy, it shall be punished with punishment of imprisonment for life.
Section280.If the commission of the offence under section 28 or section 279 causes the victim—
(1)to undergo serious harm, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from five years to twenty years and a fine from one hundred thousand baht to four hundred thousand baht, or life imprisonment;
(2)to die, the offender shall be punished with death or life imprisonment."
Section10.The following stipulations shall be inserted in the Penal Code as section 280/1:
"Section280/1.If the offender under section 276, section 277, section 278, or section 279 has recorded pictures or sounds of the act of intercourse or indecency with a view to seeking undue benefit for himself or another person, he shall be punished one-third more heavily than that prescribed in such section.
If the offender under paragraph 1 has communicated or forwarded [to another person] the recorded pictures or sounds of the act of intercourse or indecency, he shall be punished one-half more heavily than that prescribed in such section."
Section11.The stipulations of section 281 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Announcement of the Revolutionary Council No. 11 dated 21 November 2514 Buddhist Era, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section281.The offences under the following sections are compoundable:
(1)section 276, paragraph 1, and section 278, paragraph 2, when committed between spouses and[1] not occurring in public or not causing the victim to undergo serious harm or to die;
(2)section 278, paragraph 1, when not occurring in public, not causing the victim to undergo serious harm or to die, or not committed against [any of] the persons specified in section 285 and section 285/2."
Section12.The stipulations of section 285 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Announcement of the Revolutionary Council No. 11 dated 21 November 2514 Buddhist Era, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
- ↑ Originally, "if".
