Article 137: False statement to an official

Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section

1. Arrêt n° 765/2567 de la Cour suprême (2024)

   Where the person actually signed a power of attorney, there is no offence of jointly giving false information to an official under Section 137, even if the signing did not occur in front of the person accused of arranging it.

   The plaintiff had in fact signed the power of attorney, though not in the presence of the third defendant. The court held that because the signature was genuine, the third defendant's conduct did not amount to jointly giving false information to an official under Section 137 read with Section 83.

2. Arrêt n° 2630/2567 de la Cour suprême (2024)

   A false statement to an official combined with causing a false entry in a document can be convicted under Sections 137 and 267 together, drawing a short suspended custodial term.

   The Supreme Court's earlier judgment referred to in this case had found the first defendant guilty under Sections 137 and 267 and imposed six months' imprisonment and a 3,000 baht fine with the prison term suspended for two years, illustrating how a false statement to an official is often charged with the false-entry offence in Section 267.

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