Translation:Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 12), 2486 Buddhist Era

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Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 12), 2486 Buddhist Era (1943)
3rd House of Representatives of Thailand, translated from Thai by Wikisource
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4266005Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 12), 2486 Buddhist Era19433rd House of Representatives of Thailand
Table of contents 
The Act
Preamble
Section
  1. Title
  2. Commencement
  3. Repeal of §208: mitigating circumstance for offences relating to currency
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Seal of the Royal Command
Seal of the Royal Command

Act
Amending the Penal Code
(No. 12), 2486 Buddhist Era

In the name of Somdet Phra Chaoyuhua 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 resolved 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 "Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 12), 2486 Buddhist Era".

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

Section3.Section 208 of the Penal Code Act shall be repealed.

Countersignatory:
Field Marshal P Phibunsongkhram
Prime Minister

The repealed section 208 of the Penal Code Act contained the following contents: "Whoever commits any offence which is mentioned in this chapter and which deals with an object used as a currency substitute and produced by a kind of metal which is inferior to silver, should, Lord says, merely incur one half of the penalty prescribed for such an offence."

Bibliography[edit]

  • "Phra Ratcha Banyat Kaekhaiphoemtoem Kotmai Laksana Aya (Chabap Thi Sipsong) Phutthasakkarat Song Phan Si Roi Paetsip Hok" [Act Amending the Penal Code (No. 12), 2486 Buddhist Era]. (1943, 16 March). Ratchakitchanubeksa [Royal Gazette], 60(15A), 546–547. (In Thai).

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Original:

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Translation:

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