Article 114: Preparation for insurrection
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดสะสมกำลังพลหรืออาวุธ ตระเตรียมการอื่นใด หรือสมคบกันเพื่อเป็นกบฏ หรือกระทำความผิดใด ๆ อันเป็นส่วนของแผนการเพื่อเป็นกบฏ หรือยุยงราษฎรให้เป็นกบฏ หรือรู้ว่ามีผู้จะเป็นกบฏ แล้วกระทำการใดอันเป็นการช่วยปกปิดไว้ ต้องระวางโทษจำคุกตั้งแต่สามปีถึงสิบห้าปี
English translation
Whoever accumulates forces or arms, makes any other preparation, or conspires to commit insurrection, or commits any offence forming part of a plan to commit insurrection, or incites the populace to commit insurrection, or, knowing that a person is to commit insurrection, does any act to conceal it, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to fifteen years.
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Firm annotation
Section 114 reaches conduct occurring before the use or threat of force that Section 113 requires. The text sets out six acts: accumulating forces or arms; making any other preparation; conspiring to commit insurrection; committing any offence forming part of a plan to commit insurrection; inciting the populace to commit insurrection; and, knowing that a person is going to commit insurrection, doing any act to conceal it. All six carry the same penalty of three to fifteen years. The section should not be confused with Section 135/2, the corresponding preparation provision for terrorism, which expressly lists procuring or collecting property and giving or receiving terrorism training. Those two limbs do not appear in Section 114, so collecting funds or conducting training falls within this section only where it amounts to any other preparation for insurrection on the wording of the text. The element tying every limb together is the purpose of committing insurrection as defined in Section 113.
Why this matters in practice
Like Section 113, this is an offence against the State: the State is the injured party, prosecution rests with the public prosecutor, and it is not compoundable. Three to fifteen years is serious exposure, and where arms are involved, charges under the firearms and war-weapons legislation commonly follow. The decisive issue is the purpose of committing insurrection under Section 113, because accumulating weapons or gathering people without that purpose falls outside this section even if it breaches other laws. The most direct line of defence therefore attacks the purpose rather than the acts themselves.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt n° 734/2520 de la Cour suprême (1977)
Possessing and stockpiling war weapons for the purpose of separating the Kingdom or jointly seizing governing power over part of the Kingdom is charged as preparation for insurrection under Section 114.
The prosecution alleged that the defendants possessed war weapons, including many rocket launchers, machine-gun ammunition and anti-aircraft gun mounts, for the purpose of separating the Kingdom or jointly seizing governing power over part of it, and charged them under Section 114 together with the firearms and war-weapons legislation. The case illustrates how the accumulation of arms with an insurrectionary aim is prosecuted as preparatory conduct under this section, alongside the arms offences.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 2857/2530 (1987)
Offences against internal security under Sections 113, 114 and 116 injure the State alone, so a private person, even a member of parliament, has no standing to prosecute.
The public prosecutor charged the defendants under Sections 113, 114 and 116. The court held these internal-security offences are committed directly against the State, so only the State is the injured party with power to prosecute. A member of parliament acting as complainant was not an injured person under the Criminal Procedure Code and lacked standing.
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Cited in 5 Supreme Court decisions (1977 to 2018)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 734/2520 (1977)
- Decision 2857/2530 (1987)
- Decision 2788/2545 (2002)
- Decision 15705-15706/2557 (2014)
- Decision 1688/2561 (2018)
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Foire aux questions
Que punit l'article 114 ?
It punishes preparatory and supporting acts for insurrection: accumulating forces or arms, making any other preparation, conspiring to commit insurrection, committing any offence forming part of a plan to commit insurrection, inciting the populace to commit insurrection, or, knowing that a person is going to commit insurrection, doing any act to conceal it. The penalty is imprisonment from three to fifteen years.
En quoi l'article 114 diffère-t-il de l'article 113 ?
L'article 113 punit l'usage effectif ou la menace de la force pour l'insurrection de la peine de mort ou de l'emprisonnement à vie, tandis que l'article 114 punit la phase préparatoire antérieure d'une peine plus légère de trois à quinze ans.
Citer cette section
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Citation simple
Penal Code, s. 114 (Thailand) -
Citation académique
Penal Code (Thailand), s. 114. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-114/ (accessed 30 août 2026). -
Citation thaïlandaise
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