Volume 104, Issue 173
Royal Gazette
1 September 2530
Section3.The stipulations of section 30 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 3), 2518 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section30.In applying confinement instead of a fine, the rate of seventy baht per day shall be observed, and whether the case be of a single count or of several counts, the confinement shall not be applied over a term of one year, save where the court issues a judgment imposing a fine of forty thousand baht or more, in which case the court may order confinement instead of the fine for a period of time longer than one year but not than two years.
In calculating the period of time, the day on which the confinement imposed instead of the fine commences shall be included and shall be counted as one full day, regardless of the number of hours.
In the event that the person fined has been detained before the court issued the judgment, the days of such detention shall be deducted from the amount of the fine at the rate of seventy baht per day, save where he has been adjudged to both imprisonment and fine, in which case if the days of detention also need to be deducted from the time of imprisonment according to section 22, such deduction shall be made first, and whatever remains shall then be deducted from the fine.
When the person fined has incurred confinement instead of the fine until completion of the term, he shall be released on the day following the day of such completion. If money is provided to pay up his fine, he shall be released forthwith."
General P. Tinsulanonda
Prime Minister
