Volume 138, Issue 10A
Royal Gazette
6 February 2564
Section4.The stipulations of section 305 of the Penal Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section305.If the offence under section 301 or section 305 is committed in [any of] the following events by a medical practitioner and in compliance with the criteria of the Medical Council, the person committing it is guiltless:
(1)it is necessary to commit [the offence] because the woman would be at risk of suffering harm to her physical or mental health if her pregnancy continues;
(2)it is necessary to commit [the offence] because there is a considerable risk, or there is a medical reason for which it should be believed, that the baby, if born, would suffer abnormality to the extent of severe infirmity;
(3)the woman confirms to the medical practitioner that she has become pregnant as a result of an offence relating to sexuality;
(4)the woman whose pregnancy is not longer than twelve weeks confirms [her intention] to terminate the pregnancy;
(5)the woman whose pregnancy is longer than twelve weeks but not than twenty weeks confirms [her intention] to terminate the pregnancy after [receiving] examination and options counselling from medical practitioners and other practitioners according to the criteria and procedure designated by an announcement of the Minister of Public Health upon advice of the Medical Council and relevant agencies under the law on prevention and solution of adolescent pregnancy problems."
General Prayut Chan-o-cha
Prime Minister
