Volume 114Issue 72A
Royal Gazette
16 November 2540

Criminal Code Amendment
Act (No 14),
2540 BE
Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 14th day of November 2540 BE
Being the 52nd year of the present reign
His Majesty King Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej is pleased to give a Great Royal Command that it be announced as follows:
Whereas it is appropriate to amend the Criminal Code;
Therefore, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly, He is graciously pleased to enact the following Act:
Section1.This Act is called the Criminal Code Amendment Act (No 14), 2540 BE.
Section2.This Act shall enter into operation from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The following disposition shall be inserted in the Criminal Code as (2bis) of section 7:
“(2bis)offences relating to sexuality, as provided in sections 282 and 283”.
Section4.The dispositions of sections 282 and 283 of the Criminal Code, which have been amended by the Criminal Code Amendment Act (No 8), 2530 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following dispositions: