Volume 120, Issue 58A
Royal Gazette
20 June 2546
Act
Amending the Penal Code (No. 16),
2546 BE
Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 13th day of June 2546 BE
Being the 58th 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 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. 16), 2546 BE".
Section2.This Act shall come into force from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards, save section 4, which shall come into force upon expiry of one hundred and twenty days counted from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The following stipulations shall be inserted in the Penal Code as paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 of section 18:
"The punishments of death and life imprisonment shall not apply to those who commit offences whilst aged under eighteen years.
