Translation:Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 20), 2550 BE

Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 20), 2550 BE (2007)
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The Act

Preamble

Section

Title
Commencement
Amendment to §§ 277bis and 277ter: aggravating circumstances for unlawful intercourse

Statement of grounds

Act
Amending the Penal Code (No. 20),
2550 BE

Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 7th day of September 2550 BE
Being the 62nd year of the present reign

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramin Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej 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, He orders with His gracious pleasure that the following Act be enacted:

Section⁠1.⁠This Act is called the "Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 20), 2550 BE".

Section⁠2.⁠This Act shall come into force from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.

Section⁠3.⁠The stipulations of section 277bis and section 277ter of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 8), 2530 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:

"Section⁠277bis.⁠If the commission of the offence under section 276, paragraph 1, or section 277, paragraph 1 or paragraph 3, causes the victim—

(1)⁠to undergo serious harm, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from fifteen years to twenty years and a fine from thirty thousand baht to forty thousand baht, or life imprisonment;
(2)⁠to die, the offender shall be punished with death or life imprisonment.
Section⁠277ter.⁠If the commission of the offence under section 276, paragraph 3, or section 277, paragraph 4, causes the victim—
(1)⁠to undergo serious harm, the offender shall be punished with death or life imprisonment;
(2)⁠to die, the offender shall be punished with death."

Countersignatory:
General Surayud Chulanont
Prime Minister

Note: The grounds for promulgation of this Act are as follows: Whereas amendments have been made to section 276 and section 277 of the Penal Code, causing a change in the reference to the said provisions in section 277bis and section 277ter, it is thus necessary to revise the reference to the mentioned provisions in section 277bis and section 277ter in line therewith. Therefore, it is necessary to enact this Act.

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"Phra Ratcha Banyat Kaekhaiphoemtoem Pramuan Kotmai Aya (Chabap Thi Yisip) Phoso Song Phan Ha Roi Hasip" [Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 20), 2550 BE]. (2007, 19 September). Ratchakitchanubeksa [Royal Gazette], 124(56A), 5–7. (In Thai).

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