Article 77: Enforcing the requirement laid on a parent or guardian
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่ศาลวางข้อกำหนดให้บิดามารดา ผู้ปกครองหรือบุคคลที่เด็กนั้นอาศัยอยู่ ระวังเด็กนั้นไม่ให้ก่อเหตุร้ายตามความในมาตรา ๗๔ (๒) ถ้าเด็กนั้นก่อเหตุร้ายขึ้นภายในเวลาในข้อกำหนด ศาลมีอำนาจบังคับบิดามารดา ผู้ปกครองหรือบุคคลที่เด็กนั้นอาศัยอยู่ ให้ชำระเงินไม่เกินจำนวนในข้อกำหนดนั้น ภายในเวลาที่ศาลเห็นสมควร ถ้าบิดามารดา ผู้ปกครองหรือบุคคลที่เด็กนั้นอาศัยอยู่ไม่ชำระเงิน ศาลจะสั่งให้ยึดทรัพย์สินของบิดามารดา ผู้ปกครองหรือบุคคลที่เด็กนั้นอาศัยอยู่ เพื่อใช้เงินที่จะต้องชำระก็ได้ ในกรณีที่ศาลได้บังคับให้บิดามารดา ผู้ปกครองหรือบุคคลที่เด็กนั้นอาศัยอยู่ชำระเงินตามข้อกำหนดแล้วนั้น ถ้าศาลมิได้เปลี่ยนแปลงแก้ไขคำสั่งที่ได้วางข้อกำหนดนั้นเป็นอย่างอื่นตามความในมาตรา ๗๔ วรรคท้าย ก็ให้ข้อกำหนดนั้นคงใช้บังคับได้ต่อไปจนสิ้นเวลาที่กำหนดไว้ในข้อกำหนดนั้น
English translation
Where the court has laid down a requirement that the father, mother, guardian, or the person with whom the child resides shall watch over the child so as not to commit an act of mischief under Section 74(2), if the child commits an act of mischief within the period of that requirement, the court has the power to enforce payment by the father, mother, guardian, or the person with whom the child resides of a sum not exceeding the amount stated in the requirement, within such time as the court thinks fit.
If the father, mother, guardian, or the person with whom the child resides does not pay, the court may order the seizure of that person's property in satisfaction of the sum to be paid.
Where the court has enforced payment under the requirement, then, unless the court has varied or amended the order laying down that requirement under the last paragraph of Section 74, the requirement shall continue in force until the end of the period fixed in it.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
This provision, in Book 1 within the Title on Criminal Liability, is the enforcement mechanism for the supervision requirement the court may lay down under section 74 (2) on a father, mother, guardian, or the person with whom the child resides. If the child commits an act of mischief within the period of that requirement, the court may enforce payment of a sum not exceeding the amount stated in it, and if that person does not pay, may order their property seized to satisfy it. Section 77 reaches only the section 74 (2) requirement and none of the other measures in section 74: neither the committal of the child to a school, a training and instruction institution or a mental guidance institution under (3), nor the delivery of the child to such person or organisation as the court thinks fit under the third paragraph. It confers no power to vary the conditions either: that power is in the last paragraph of section 74, which section 77 mentions only as the exception that would end the requirement. The section operates only where a section 74 measure was already imposed, and it does not create a separate offence.
Why this matters in practice
For a parent or guardian who accepts custody of a child under a section 74 (2) requirement, this section is the sanction if they let the child cause fresh harm: the court can call in the money fixed in the requirement, and can order their property seized if they do not pay. The exposure is the sum the court set at the time of the original order, payable on each occasion the child causes harm. Anyone taking on such a requirement should understand the financial commitment before agreeing to supervise, and should keep records showing genuine efforts to control the child.
Cited in 6 Supreme Court decisions (1972 to 1997)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 1510/2515 (1972)
- Decision 4773/2539 (1996)
- Decision 390/2521 (1978)
- Decision 682/2540 (1997)
- Decision 9216/2539 (1996)
- Decision 4772/2539 (1996)
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- Article 74 5
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- Article 83 3
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Foire aux questions
Que se passe-t-il si un tuteur ne supervise pas un enfant placé par le tribunal ?
Section 77 applies only to a requirement laid down under Section 74(2), on the father, mother, guardian, or the person with whom the child resides. If the child commits an act of mischief within the period of the requirement, the court may enforce payment of a sum not exceeding the amount stated in it, and if that person does not pay, the court may order their property seized to satisfy it. Section 77 does not itself give the court power to change the conditions; that power is in the last paragraph of Section 74.
L’article 77 crée-t-il une nouvelle infraction pénale pour le tuteur ?
No. Section 77 only enforces a requirement already laid down under Section 74(2): it lets the court collect the sum fixed in that requirement and, if it is not paid, order property seized. It creates no separate offence, and it does not itself confer a power to vary the conditions, which lies in the last paragraph of Section 74.
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