Article 269/3: Import or export of forged electronic cards or forging tools
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดนำเข้าในหรือส่งออกไปนอกราชอาณาจักรซึ่งสิ่งใด ๆ ตามมาตรา ๒๖๙/๑ หรือมาตรา ๒๖๙/๒ ต้องระวางโทษจำคุกตั้งแต่สามปีถึงสิบปี และปรับตั้งแต่หกหมื่นบาทถึงสองแสนบาท
English translation
Whoever imports into or exports out of the Kingdom anything under Section 269/1 or Section 269/2 shall be liable to imprisonment from three years to ten years and a fine from sixty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 269/3 targets the cross border movement of both the forged cards themselves and the equipment used to make them, by reference to anything under Section 269/1 or Section 269/2. Unlike the corresponding provisions in the passport group, it does not borrow another Section's penalty; it sets its own, and that penalty is the heaviest basic scale in the Chapter, three to ten years with a mandatory fine of 60,000 to 200,000 baht. The severity reflects the legislative judgment that organised card fraud is transnational and that the border is the effective point of control. The conduct is complete on import or export; there is no requirement of intent to use or sell, which distinguishes it from Section 269/4. Where the card concerned is a payment or cash withdrawal card, Section 269/7 raises this penalty by one half, producing a range of four years and six months to fifteen years.
Why this matters in practice
The three year minimum makes a suspended sentence unlikely, and this is the provision that turns a courier role into serious exposure. Foreign nationals arriving in Thailand with blank card stock, encoders, or cloned cards in their baggage are charged under this Section rather than the lighter possession provisions, and bail is harder to obtain because of the minimum term. Note that the offence does not require any intention to use the cards in Thailand, so transit and onward shipment are caught. Customs seizures normally generate parallel charges under the Customs Act.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 3499/2552 (2009)
Section 269/3 punishes importing into or exporting out of the Kingdom a forged or altered electronic card under Section 269/1, or a forging tool under Section 269/2. In this case the defendants had both forged the cards and used them, so the forging and the use were punished together under Section 269/4 paragraph three, once for each card, giving thirty eight counts, and the importation of the forged cards was punished as one further separate count under Section 269/3, all read with Section 269/7.
Police arrested the defendants with 39 forged Visa credit cards and 7 transaction slips. They were charged under Sections 269/1, 269/3, 269/4, 269/7, and 334, and convicted under Section 269/3 and 269/4 read with Sections 269/1 and 83, with the acts treated as several distinct offences punished cumulatively.
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- Decision 3499/2552 (2009)
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Foire aux questions
How is Section 269/3 different from Sections 269/1 and 269/2?
Section 269/1 punishes forging an electronic card and Section 269/2 punishes making or possessing a tool for forging one, each carrying one to five years and a fine of 20,000 to 100,000 baht. Section 269/3 punishes bringing anything covered by those two sections into the Kingdom, or sending it out, and carries three to ten years and a fine of 60,000 to 200,000 baht.
Does Section 269/3 require an intention to use or sell the card?
No. The offence is complete on bringing the card or the tool into the Kingdom, or on sending it out. Using, possessing for use, selling and possessing for sale belong to Section 269/4.
What is the penalty under Section 269/3?
Imprisonment from three to ten years together with a fine from 60,000 to 200,000 baht. Where the card is one issued by the issuer to a person entitled to use it for payment or for withdrawing cash, Section 269/7 makes the punishment one half heavier.
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<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-269-3/"><p>Whoever imports into or exports out of the Kingdom anything under Section 269/1 or Section 269/2 shall be liable to imprisonment from three years to ten years and a fine from sixty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.</p><footer>Penal Code, s. 269/3 (Thailand): <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-269-3/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
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