{"id":6597,"date":"2026-09-05T19:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/bail\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:23:15","slug":"bail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Caution (Prakan Tua) en Tha\u00eflande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Caution<\/strong> (\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e01\u0e31\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27, <em>prakan tua<\/em>, in the statute <em>lib\u00e9ration provisoire<\/em>) is the temporary release of a suspect or accused from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/child-custody\/\">garde \u00e0 vue<\/a> while the police inquiry, trial or appeal continues, against a promise to return backed by security. It is governed by Sections 106 to 119 of the Criminal Procedure Code. For a foreigner the question arises within hours of arrest, because the police can hold a suspect for only 48 hours before asking a court to remand, and immigration cases add a separate bail system at the detention centre.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#who-grants-bail-and-on-what-criteria\">Qui accorde la caution et selon quels crit\u00e8res<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#security-amounts-and-conditions-for-a-foreigner\">S\u00e9curit\u00e9, montants et conditions pour un \u00e9tranger<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#court-bail-and-immigration-bail-compared\">Comparaison entre la caution judiciaire et la caution d'immigration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who-grants-bail-and-on-what-criteria\">Qui accorde la caution et selon quels crit\u00e8res<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Three authorities<\/strong> can grant it, depending on the stage. During the police inquiry the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/inquiry-official\/\">enqu\u00eate officielle<\/a> decides; once the file is with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/public-prosecutor\/\">minist\u00e8re public<\/a>, the prosecutor decides; from the first court remand onward, the court decides. Section 108 lists what is weighed: the gravity of the charge, the strength of the evidence, the reliability of the applicant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/suretyship\/\">caution<\/a>, the risk of flight, and the risk of tampering with evidence or harming others. Section 108\/1 allows refusal only on those risk grounds, so a bare refusal is open to challenge before the higher court.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>The first remand hearing normally takes place within 48 hours of arrest. Courts remand in blocks of up to 12 days, to a total of 48 days for offences punishable by up to 10 years and 84 days for graver offences, and bail can be applied for at each hearing. A refusal by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/court-of-first-instance\/\">Tribunal de premi\u00e8re instance<\/a> can be appealed the same day to the Court of Appeal.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"security-amounts-and-conditions-for-a-foreigner\">S\u00e9curit\u00e9, montants et conditions pour un \u00e9tranger<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Accepted security includes cash, a bank passbook or fixed deposit, a land title deed, government bonds, a bail bond from a licensed insurer, or a person of standing (typically a civil servant) who pledges an amount. Cash is the simplest for foreigners. The court sets the sum from its own scale: in practice roughly 10,000 to 50,000 baht for minor drug possession, 50,000 to 200,000 baht for simple theft, and often higher for foreigners because of flight risk. Overstay and illegal-work cases at the Immigration Detention Centre run around 50,000 baht and above, with a Thai guarantor and monthly reporting.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Conditions usually include surrender of the passport, a ban on leaving Thailand, and sometimes an electronic monitoring bracelet. The common mistake is to treat the passport surrender as negotiable; leaving the country on bail forfeits the security, produces an arrest warrant and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/blacklist\/\">liste noire<\/a> entry, and makes any later return impossible. The security is returned at the end of the case, whatever the verdict, provided the accused attended every hearing.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"court-bail-and-immigration-bail-compared\">Comparaison entre la caution judiciaire et la caution d'immigration<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Point<\/th><th>Court bail<\/th><th>Immigration bail<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Loi<\/td><td>Criminal Procedure Code Sections 106 to 119<\/td><td>Immigration Act, competent official&#8217;s discretion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Decided by<\/td><td>Inquiry official, prosecutor or court<\/td><td>Bureau de l&#039;immigration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>But<\/td><td>Attend the criminal case<\/td><td>Await deportation or an appeal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Typical security<\/td><td>Cash, title deed, bond, surety<\/td><td>Cash plus Thai guarantor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Passeport<\/td><td>Held by the court<\/td><td>Held by immigration<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>A foreigner arrested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/overstay\/\">d\u00e9passer la dur\u00e9e de son s\u00e9jour<\/a> may need both: court bail while the overstay charge is dealt with, then immigration bail if removal is not immediate. A conviction followed by a fine does not end immigration detention, which continues until the ticket home is bought and the deportation is carried out.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Quel est le montant de la caution en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Il n'y a pas de tarif fixe dans la loi ; chaque tribunal applique son propre bar\u00e8me en fonction de l'accusation et de l'accus\u00e9. \u00c0 titre indicatif, la possession de mineures quantit\u00e9s de drogues co\u00fbte entre 10 000 et 50 000 bahts, le vol simple entre 50 000 et 200 000 bahts, et les infractions graves se chiffrent en millions. On demande g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement aux \u00e9trangers plus qu'\u00e0 un accus\u00e9 tha\u00eflandais en raison du risque de fuite, et la caution pour l'immigration au centre de r\u00e9tention est d'environ 50 000 bahts avec un garant tha\u00eflandais.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Un \u00e9tranger peut-il obtenir une caution en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Oui, et la plupart des \u00e9trangers accus\u00e9s de d\u00e9lits ordinaires le font. Le tribunal recherche des attaches avec la Tha\u00eflande telles qu'un bail, un permis de travail, une famille ou une entreprise, une caution cr\u00e9dible et un visa valide. Le passeport est remis comme condition, de sorte que l'accus\u00e9 doit rester dans le pays jusqu'\u00e0 la fin de l'affaire.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Que se passe-t-il si quelqu'un viole sa libert\u00e9 sous caution en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>The security is forfeited, the court issues an arrest warrant and the case continues without the accused. For a foreigner the name goes on the immigration blacklist, so re-entry is refused, and any surety who pledged on the accused&#8217;s behalf loses the pledged sum or property.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Voir aussi\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/inquiry-official\/\">enqu\u00eate officielle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/overstay\/\">d\u00e9passer la dur\u00e9e de son s\u00e9jour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/deportation\/\">expulsion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/fine\/\">bien<\/a>, et les guides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/bail-in-thailand\/\">caution en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> ET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thailand-visa-overstay-criminal-blacklists\/\">d\u00e9passement de visa, poursuites p\u00e9nales et listes noires<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bail (\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e01\u0e31\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27, prakan tua, in the statute provisional release) is the temporary release of a suspect or accused from custody [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":214,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"bail thailand","rank_math_title":"Bail in Thailand (Prakan Tua): How It Works | ThaiLawOnline","rank_math_description":"Bail in Thailand (prakan tua) is provisional release of a suspect or accused against security. 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