Article 260: Using or selling forged or altered tickets
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดใช้ ขาย เสนอขาย แลกเปลี่ยนหรือเสนอแลกเปลี่ยนซึ่งตั๋วอันเกิดจากการกระทำดังกล่าวในมาตรา ๒๕๘ หรือมาตรา ๒๕๙ ต้องระวางโทษจำคุกไม่เกินหนึ่งปี หรือปรับไม่เกินสองหมื่นบาท หรือทั้งจำทั้งปรับ หมายเหตุ: [อัตราโทษ แก้ไขเพิ่มเติมโดยมาตรา ๔ แห่งพระราชบัญญัติแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมประมวลกฎหมายอาญา (ฉบับที่ ๒๖) พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๐]
English translation
Whoever uses, sells, offers for sale, exchanges, or offers in exchange a ticket arising from an act referred to in Section 258 or Section 259 shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand baht, or both.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 260 is the circulation counterpart to the ticket-making offences. Section 258 punishes forging or altering a passenger ticket used in public transport, and Section 259 applies the same acts to a ticket sold to the public for admission to a place; Section 260 punishes putting such a ticket into circulation, by using it, selling it, offering it for sale, exchanging it or offering it in exchange. It fixes a single penalty of its own, imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding 20,000 baht, or both, and does not borrow the penalty of the section under which the ticket was made, so a transport ticket and an admission ticket are treated alike at this stage. As with any offence under the Code, it must be committed intentionally within Section 59, which means the person must know the character of the ticket. The current rate was set by Section 4 of the Penal Code Amendment Act (No. 26) B.E. 2560.
Why this matters in practice
Exposure is up to one year, or a fine of up to 20,000 baht, or both, whichever kind of ticket was involved, and the offence is not compoundable. Knowledge is the usual battleground: a person who received a ticket and honestly believed it was genuine lacks the intention the Code requires. Where the same person both made the ticket and put it into circulation, the making is charged under Section 258 or Section 259 and this section covers the circulation, and the two are commonly charged together; see criminal law in Thailand.
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- Decision 496/2506 (1963)
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Foire aux questions
What is the penalty under Section 260?
Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding 20,000 baht, or both. The section sets its own penalty and does not vary it according to whether the ticket was made under Section 258 or Section 259.
Which acts does Section 260 cover?
Using a ticket that came from an act under Section 258 or Section 259, and also selling it, offering it for sale, exchanging it or offering it in exchange.
L'utilisateur doit-il savoir que le billet a été falsifié ou modifié ?
Yes. The offence must be committed intentionally under Section 59, so the person must know the character of the ticket; an honest belief that it was a valid ticket negates that intention.
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Citation simple
Penal Code, s. 260 (Thailand) -
Citation académique
Penal Code (Thailand), s. 260. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-260/ (accessed 30 août 2026). -
Citation thaïlandaise
ป.อ. มาตรา 260 -
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<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-260/"><p>Whoever uses, sells, offers for sale, exchanges, or offers in exchange a ticket arising from an act referred to in Section 258 or Section 259 shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand baht, or both.</p><footer>Penal Code, s. 260 (Thailand): <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-260/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
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