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Act

Preamble

Section

Title
Commencement
Repeal of section 208: mitigating circumstance for offences relating to currency

16 March 2486

546
Royal Gazette

Volume 60Issue 15

Penal Code Amendment
Act (No 12),
2486 Buddhist Era

In the name of King Ananda Mahidol
The Council of Regency
(According to the Announcements of
the President of the House of Representatives
dated 4 August 2480 Buddhist Era
and 16 December 2484 Buddhist Era)

Aditya Dibabha
Pridi Banomyong

Enacted on the 9th day of March 2486 Buddhist Era
Being the 10th year of the present reign

Whereas the House of Representatives has passed a resolution that it is appropriate to amend a provision of the Penal Code;

Therefore, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, a Great Royal Command is given that the following Act be enacted:

Section1.This Act shall be called the Penal Code Amendment Act (No 12), 2486 Buddhist Era.

Section2.This Act shall enter into operation from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.

Section3.Section 208 of the Penal Code Act shall be repealed.

Countersignature
Field Marshal P Phibunsongkhram
Prime Minister

The repealed section 208 of the Penal Code Act contained the following contents: “When any person commits any of the offences mentioned in this Chapter and the offence relates to an object used as a currency substitute and produced by a kind of metal which is inferior to silver, Lord says that he should merely undergo one half of the penalty provided for such offence.”

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