Volume 104, Issue 173
Royal Gazette
1 September 2530
Section7.The stipulations of section 317, section 318, and section 319 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 5), 2525 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section317.Whoever, without appropriate cause, separates a child aged not over thirteen years still from the father, mother, guardian, or carer, shall be punished with imprisonment from three years to fifteen years and a fine from six thousand baht to thirty thousand baht.
Whoever dishonestly buys, disposes of, or receives a child separated in accordance with paragraph 1, shall be punished in the same manner as the separator.
If [either] offence under this section is committed for seeking profit or for an indecent purpose, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from five years to twenty years and a fine from ten thousand baht to forty thousand baht.
Section318.Whoever separates a minor aged above fifteen years but still not over eighteen years from the father, mother, guardian, or carer when the minor is not willing to go with him, shall be punished with imprisonment from two years to ten years and a fine from four thousand baht to twenty thousand baht.
Whoever dishonestly buys, disposes of, or receives a child separated in accordance with the stipulations of paragraph 1, shall be punished in the same manner as the separator.
If [either] offence under this section is committed for seeking profit or for an indecent purpose, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from three years to fifteen years and a fine from six thousand baht to thirty thousand baht.
