Volume 109, Issue 13
Royal Gazette
25 February 2535
Act
Amending the Penal Code (No. 11),
2535 BE
Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 14th day of February 2535 BE
Being the 47th 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 acting as the National 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. 11), 2535 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 326 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Order of the National Administrative Reform Council No. 41 dated 21 October 2519 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
Section326.Whoever makes an imputation against another person before a third person in a manner likely to subject such other person to disrepute, insult, or hatred, commits an offence of defamation and shall be punished with imprisonment not over one year, or a fine not over twenty thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
