Article 222: Causing an explosion that endangers protected property
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดกระทำให้เกิดระเบิดจนเป็นเหตุให้เกิดอันตรายแก่ทรัพย์ดังกล่าวในมาตรา ๒๑๗ หรือมาตรา ๒๑๘ ต้องระวางโทษดังที่บัญญัติไว้ในมาตรานั้น ๆ
English translation
Whoever causes an explosion so as to cause danger to property as provided in Section 217 or Section 218 shall be liable to the punishment prescribed in that Section.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 222 is a borrowed-penalty provision in the chapter on offences causing public danger. Section 217 punishes setting fire to property belonging to another, at six months to seven years and a fine of 10,000 to 140,000 baht. Section 218 punishes setting fire to a listed class of property, a dwelling, a building used to store or manufacture goods, a theatre or assembly hall, a public building or place of worship, a railway station, airport or public parking or mooring place, or a steamship, motor vessel of five tons or more, aircraft or railway train used in public transport, and carries death, imprisonment for life, or five to twenty years. Where an explosion rather than a fire causes danger to that property, this section applies the penalty of the section the property falls under. Note the distinction from Section 221, which punishes causing an explosion likely to endanger a person or another's property in its own right, at up to seven years and a fine of up to 140,000 baht: Section 222 requires that the danger actually reach property of the kind described in Section 217 or 218.
Why this matters in practice
Which section supplies the penalty is the whole case. An explosion that endangers ordinary property of another is sentenced on Section 217's scale of six months to seven years, while one that endangers property in the Section 218 list can reach death or imprisonment for life. The second question is whether the charge is this section at all: Section 221 punishes causing an explosion likely to endanger a person or property, without requiring that the danger materialise, and carries up to seven years with a fine. Establishing what the explosion actually endangered, and the class that property falls into, therefore does more work than any other issue in the case; see criminal law in Thailand.
Cited in 9 Supreme Court decisions (1965 to 2020)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 234/2528 (1985)
- Decision 1121/2521 (1978)
- Decision 2645/2527 (1984)
- Decision 605/2521 (1978)
- Decision 2218/2531 (1988)
- Decision 3322/2563 (2020)
- Decision 7997/2561 (2018)
- Decision 784/2557 (2014)
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- Article 32 3
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Foire aux questions
Quelle est la sanction prévue par l'article 222 ?
The penalty prescribed in Section 217 or Section 218, depending on the property endangered. Section 217 carries six months to seven years and a fine of 10,000 to 140,000 baht; Section 218 carries death, imprisonment for life, or five to twenty years.
How does Section 222 differ from Section 221?
Section 221 punishes causing an explosion that is merely likely to endanger a person or another's property, at up to seven years and a fine of up to 140,000 baht. Section 222 applies where the explosion actually causes danger to property of the kind described in Section 217 or Section 218, and borrows that section's penalty.
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