Whereas the House of Representatives has resolved that it is appropriate to amend the provisions of certain sections of the Penal Code;
Therefore, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, a great royal command is given that the following Act be enacted:
Section1.This Act shall be called the "Act Amending the Penal Code, 2477 Buddhist Era (No. 4)".
Section2.This Act shall come into force from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The following two paragraphs shall be inserted at the end of section 270 of the Penal Code:
"Whoever, for ransom, dares restrain or confine or dares carry away any particular person, whether by use of force, or by threat so as to create fear, or by a deceitful trick of any kind, shall, Lord says, held be guilty of an offence of abduction for ransom and be punished with imprisonment from fifteen years up to twenty years and a fine from a thousand baht up to five thousand baht.
