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Volume 73, Issue 95

Special Edition, Page 12
Royal Gazette

15 November 2499

Penal Code

Division 1
General provisions

Title 1
Provisions applicable to general offences

Chapter 1
Definitions

Section1.In this Code—

(1)"dishonestly" means with a view to seeking for oneself or another person a benefit which, according to the law, should not be obtained;^[1]

(2)"public way" means a land or water course for use by the public in transportation, and shall also include a trainway or tramway where a wheeled vehicle^[2] runs for the travel of the public;

(3)"public place" means any place which the public is entitled to enter;

↑ The Thai text literally translates as "a benefit which should not be obtained according to the law" and thus could be understood to mean that the benefit should be obtained unlawfully. The English draft of this code (Office of the Juridical Council, 1950a, p. 28/6) contained "to procure for himself or any other person any advantage to which he is not lawfully entitled".
↑ The term rot (Thai: รถ; "wheeled vehicle") here might refer back to "train" or "tram", which is called rot-fai (Thai: รถไฟ) or rot-rang (Thai: รถราง) in Thai. The English draft of this code (Office of the Juridical Council, 1950a, p. 28/6) merely contained "and includes any railway or tramway used for public conveyance".

[1] The Thai text literally translates as "a benefit which should not be obtained according to the law" and thus could be understood to mean that the benefit should be obtained unlawfully. The English draft of this code (Office of the Juridical Council, 1950a, p. 28/6) contained "to procure for himself or any other person any advantage to which he is not lawfully entitled".

[2] The term rot (Thai: รถ; "wheeled vehicle") here might refer back to "train" or "tram", which is called rot-fai (Thai: รถไฟ) or rot-rang (Thai: รถราง) in Thai. The English draft of this code (Office of the Juridical Council, 1950a, p. 28/6) merely contained "and includes any railway or tramway used for public conveyance".

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