Volume 73, Issue 95
Royal Gazette
15 November 2499
if it refers to the third class punishment, it means imprisonment not over ten days, or a fine not over five hundred baht, or both the imprisonment and fine;
if it refers to the fourth class punishment, it means imprisonment not over one month, or a fine not over one thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and fine.
Section6.Once the [new] Penal Code has come into force, the [new] Penal Code shall apply to the imprisonment imposed instead of a fine according to any law, regardless of what such law might have prescribed. However, as for an offence committed prior to the day of coming into force of the [new] Penal Code, confinement shall not last more than one year for a fine imposed upon a single count or two years for a fine imposed upon several counts.
Section7.As for[1] the safety measure under section 46 of the [new] Penal Code, the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply as if it were a criminal offence. However, detention pending inquiry shall not last more than forty-eight hours reckoned from the time the arrested person arrives at the office of the administrative or police officer, provided that the usual time of travel to bring the arrested person to the court shall not be included in such time limit of forty-eight hours.
Section8.Once the [new] Penal Code has come into force, if any legal provision refers to the [old] Penal Code or
- ↑ Originally, "in the event".
