Article 314: Supporting a kidnapping for ransom
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดเป็นผู้สนับสนุนในการกระทำความผิดตามมาตรา ๓๑๓ ต้องระวางโทษเช่นเดียวกับตัวการในความผิดนั้น
English translation
Whoever is a supporter in the commission of an offence under Section 313 shall be liable to the same punishment as a principal in that offence.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 314 contains a single rule, and it is a departure from the general part of the Code: a supporter in the commission of an offence under Section 313 is liable to the same punishment as a principal in that offence. Ordinarily a supporter is punished under Section 86 at two thirds of the penalty for the offence supported. Section 314 removes that reduction for kidnapping for ransom alone, so a driver, a lookout or a person who supplies a safe house faces the same exposure as the kidnapper: fifteen to twenty years and a fine of 300,000 to 400,000 baht, or imprisonment for life, or death, rising to death alone where the victim dies. The section does not create an offence of its own and adds no elements; whether the accused is a supporter rather than a principal or a co-principal is decided by the ordinary rules in Sections 83 and 86. Section 316 applies to a Section 314 offender as well, so a supporter who arranges the victim's release before the judgment of the court of first instance, without grievous harm or imminent danger to life, must have the punishment reduced to not less than one half.
Why this matters in practice
The point that matters here is what Section 314 takes away. A supporter would normally be punished at two thirds under Section 86; for kidnapping for ransom that reduction does not apply, and the exposure is the full Section 313 range, up to and including the death penalty. Arguing that the client was merely on the periphery therefore does not reduce the sentence by itself, and the real contest is whether the accused was a supporter at all rather than how peripheral the support was. The one genuine lever is Section 316: it applies to Section 314 offenders, so arranging the victim's safe release before the judgment of the court of first instance compels the court to go below the prescribed punishment, though not below one half.
Cited in 7 Supreme Court decisions (1960 to 1993)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 465/2527 (1984)
- Decision 1508/2521 (1978)
- Decision 2209/2521 (1978)
- Decision 1302/2503 (1960)
- Decision 1283/2503 (1960)
- Decision 3997/2526 (1983)
- Decision 3432/2536 (1993)
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Le plus souvent cité aux côtés de
- Article 313 5
- Article 83 4
- Article 310 3
- Article 316 3
- Article 319 3
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Foire aux questions
En quoi l'article 314 diffère-t-il de l'article 313 ?
Section 314 is not a separate offence at all. It provides that a supporter in a Section 313 kidnapping for ransom is liable to the same punishment as a principal, instead of the two thirds a supporter would ordinarily receive under Section 86.
Quelle est la sanction prévue par l'article 314 ?
The same as for the principal offence in Section 313: fifteen to twenty years and a fine from 300,000 to 400,000 baht, or imprisonment for life, or death, and death alone where the victim dies. Arranging the victim's safe release before the judgment of the court of first instance requires the court to reduce the punishment, but not below one half, under Section 316.
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