Volume 104, Issue 173
Royal Gazette
1 September 2530
Section319.Whoever, for seeking profit or for an indecent purpose, separates a minor aged above fifteen years but still not over eighteen years from the father, mother, guardian, or carer when the minor is 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 minor separated in accordance with paragraph 1, shall be punished in the same manner as the separator."
Section8.The stipulations of section 398 of the Penal Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section398.Whoever commits by any means an act of cruelty against a child aged not over fifteen years still, ailing person, or senile person who needs to depend upon him for living or for any other purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over one thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
General P. Tinsulanonda
Prime Minister
