Volume 138, Issue 10A
Royal Gazette
6 February 2564
Act
Amending the Penal Code (No. 28),
2564 BE
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramenthara Ramathipbodi Sisinthra
Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Wachiraklao Chaoyuhua
Given on the 5th day of February 2564 BE
Being the 6th year of the present reign
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramenthra Ramathipbodi Sisinthra Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Wachiraklao Chaoyuhua 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. 28), 2564 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section 301 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 26), 2560 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section301.Any woman who causes her own abortion or allows another person to cause her abortion when her pregnancy is longer than twelve weeks, shall be punished with imprisonment not over six months, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine."
