Article 75: Offender 15 to 18: discretion and half reduction
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดอายุกว่าสิบห้าปีแต่ต่ำกว่าสิบแปดปี กระทำการอันกฎหมายบัญญัติเป็นความผิด ให้ศาลพิจารณาถึงความรู้ผิดชอบและสิ่งอื่นทั้งปวงเกี่ยวกับผู้นั้น ในอันที่จะควรวินิจฉัยว่าสมควรพิพากษาลงโทษผู้นั้นหรือไม่ ถ้าศาลเห็นว่าไม่สมควรพิพากษาลงโทษก็ให้จัดการตามมาตรา ๗๔ หรือถ้าศาลเห็นว่าสมควรพิพากษาลงโทษ ก็ให้ลดมาตราส่วนโทษที่กำหนดไว้สำหรับความผิดลงกึ่งหนึ่ง
English translation
Whoever, being over fifteen but under eighteen years of age, commits an act that the law provides to be an offence, the court shall consider the sense of responsibility and all other matters concerning that person in order to exercise its discretion whether it is appropriate to pass judgment imposing punishment on that person or not.
If the court is of the opinion that it is not appropriate to pass judgment imposing punishment, it shall proceed under section 74.
If the court is of the opinion that it is appropriate to pass judgment imposing punishment, it shall reduce the scale of the punishment prescribed for that offence by one half.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
This provision, in Book 1 within the Title on Criminal Liability, governs the middle band of the graduated age scheme. Unlike sections 73 and 74, an offender in this band can be convicted and punished, but only after the court has assessed the person's maturity and sense of responsibility and only with the punishment scale mandatorily reduced by one half. The court retains a choice: it may decline to punish and instead apply the protective and rehabilitative measures of section 74, or it may convict and halve the punishment. The one-half reduction here is a reduction of the scale of the prescribed punishment (mandatory), separate from any further discretionary mitigation the court may allow under section 78.
Why this matters in practice
For a teenager in the 15-to-18 band, two levers matter most: whether the court will convict at all, and, if it does, that the punishment scale is halved before any other mitigation. In practice courts often combine the mandatory half reduction under this section with a further discretionary reduction under section 78 for a guilty plea or useful cooperation, so the eventual term can be well below the headline penalty. Age at the time of the act, together with reports on the youth's background, drives the outcome.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 234/2567 (2024)
Where the offender is over fifteen but under eighteen at the time of the act, the court reduces the scale of the prescribed punishment by one half under section 75.
The defendant, aged seventeen at the time, was convicted of an offence carrying heavy punishment. The court reduced the scale of punishment by one half under section 75, then allowed a further reduction under section 78 for the guilty plea.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 1656/2567 (2024)
Each co-defendant aged sixteen and seventeen receives the mandatory one-half reduction of the punishment scale under section 75.
Two co-defendants, aged sixteen and seventeen at the time, were convicted of jointly causing grievous bodily harm. The court applied the one-half reduction of the punishment scale to each under section 75 before further mitigation for their guilty pleas.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 3277/2566 (2023)
A defendant aged sixteen at the time of the act has the punishment scale reduced by one half on each count under section 75.
The defendant, aged sixteen at the time, was convicted on multiple counts including an indecent act against a child. The court reduced the scale of punishment by one half on each count under section 75 before allowing mitigation under section 78.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 348 Supreme Court decisions (1965 to 2024)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 1656/2567 (2024)
- Decision 234/2567 (2024)
- Decision 3277/2566 (2023)
- Decision 4084/2564 (2021)
- Decision 142/2564 (2021)
- Decision 1128/2563 (2020)
- Decision 1114/2563 (2020)
- Decision 7354/2562 (2019)
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Le plus souvent cité aux côtés de
- Article 83 220
- Article 78 200
- Article 91 161
- Article 288 102
- Article 90 86
- Article 80 80
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Foire aux questions
De combien la peine est-elle réduite pour un jeune de 16 ou 17 ans ?
Si le tribunal décide de punir un délinquant âgé de plus de quinze ans mais de moins de dix-huit ans, l'article 75 exige que l'échelle de la peine prescrite soit réduite de moitié, avant toute autre atténuation.
Un tribunal peut-il refuser de punir entièrement un jeune de 15 à 18 ans ?
Oui. Si le tribunal estime qu'il n'est pas approprié de punir, l'article 75 lui enjoint d'utiliser les mesures de protection et de réadaptation prévues à l'article 74 au lieu d'imposer une peine.
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