Volume 73, Number 95
Royal Gazette
15 November 2499
If the notification under paragraph 1 is for the malicious purpose of causing any person to undergo a punishment or heavier punishment, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not over five years and a fine not over ten thousand baht.
Section175.Whoever falsely charges another person in court with the commission of a criminal offence or the commission of a criminal offence severer than the actual one, shall be punished with imprisonment not over five years and a fine not over ten thousand baht.
Section176.Whoever, having committed the offence under section 175, admits the guilt to the court and applies for withdrawal or rectification of the charge before the judgment is issued, shall be imposed by the court with a lighter punishment than that designated by the law or may be imposed by the court with no punishment at all.
Section177.Whoever gives false testimony to a court during the trial of a case shall be punished with imprisonment not over five years, or a fine not over ten thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine, if the false testimony deals with an important point in the case.
If the offence as said in paragraph 1 is committed during the trial of a criminal case, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not over seven years and a fine not over fourteen thousand baht.
