{"id":6601,"date":"2026-09-05T19:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/computer-crime-act\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:22:57","slug":"computer-crime-act","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/computer-crime-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Crime Act B.E. 2550 (2007), as amended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u0e40\u0e14\u0e2d\u0e30 <strong>\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e04\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e27\u0e40\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c<\/strong> (\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e14\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e27\u0e40\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c, <em>Computer-Related Crime Act<\/em>, <em>CCA<\/em>) is the Thai statute of B.E. 2550 (2007), amended in B.E. 2560 (2017), that criminalises attacks on computer systems and the entry of false or harmful content into them, and gives officials powers to demand data and block websites. It is best known abroad for Section 14, which has been used against online speech. For a foreigner in Thailand it matters because almost any dispute that starts online, from a scam to a bad review, is charged under this Act alongside the Criminal Code.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#what-the-act-prohibits-and-the-penalties\">What the Act prohibits and the penalties<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-foreigners-encounter-the-computer-crime-act\">How foreigners encounter the Computer Crime Act<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#the-act-and-the-criminal-code-compared\">The Act and the Criminal Code compared<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e16\u0e32\u0e21\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e22<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-the-act-prohibits-and-the-penalties\">What the Act prohibits and the penalties<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Sections 5 to 13<\/strong> are the technical offences: accessing a system or data without authorisation (Sections 5 and 7), intercepting data (Section 8), damaging or altering data or a system (Sections 9 and 10), and sending spam that disturbs the recipient (Section 11, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/fine\/\">fine<\/a> of up to 200,000 baht since 2017).<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Section 14 is the content offence. It punishes with up to 5 years in prison or a fine of up to 100,000 baht, or both, the entry into a computer system of forged or false data likely to cause damage to the public, false data affecting national security or causing public panic, data that is an offence against the security of the Kingdom, or obscene data. Section 14(1) was rewritten in 2017 to require dishonest or deceitful intent and to state that it does not cover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/defamation\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e34\u0e48\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e32\u0e17<\/a> under the Criminal Code. Section 16, on doctored images that shame a person, carries up to 3 years and 200,000 baht and is compoundable. Section 15 makes a service provider that consents to a Section 14 offence liable to the same penalty unless it follows the notice-and-takedown procedure.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-foreigners-encounter-the-computer-crime-act\">How foreigners encounter the Computer Crime Act<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>The charge usually arrives attached to something else. A complaint about a Facebook post becomes defamation under Section 328 plus Section 14(1); an online sales scam becomes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/fraud\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e09\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e42\u0e01\u0e07<\/a> under Section 341 or 343 plus Section 14(1); a post about the monarchy becomes Section 112 plus Section 14(3). Section 17 extends jurisdiction to offences committed abroad where a Thai national is the offender or the victim is Thai and complains, so posts written from overseas are prosecuted.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Complaints are filed with the Technology Crime Suppression Division or any police station, and, because the content can be read anywhere, the complainant chooses the province. Section 18 lets officials require passwords, copies of data and traffic logs, and Section 26 obliges service providers to keep traffic data for at least 90 days. The common mistake is to delete the post after the summons: the evidence has already been captured, and deletion is read as an admission rather than a remedy.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-act-and-the-criminal-code-compared\">The Act and the Criminal Code compared<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Conduct<\/th><th>\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e27\u0e25\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32<\/th><th>\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e04\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e27\u0e40\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Damaging post about a person<\/td><td>Section 328, up to 2 years, compoundable<\/td><td>Section 14(1) only if false and dishonest<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fake online shop<\/td><td>Section 343, up to 5 years<\/td><td>Section 14(1), up to 5 years<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Post about the monarchy<\/td><td>Section 112, 3 to 15 years<\/td><td>Section 14(3), up to 5 years<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hacking an account<\/td><td>None specific<\/td><td>Sections 5 to 9, up to 5 years<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Section 14 offences against the public are not compoundable, but where the false data harms only an individual the second paragraph of Section 14 makes the offence compoundable, so a settlement with the complainant can end that count.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e16\u0e32\u0e21\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e22<\/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\">What is the penalty under Section 14 of the Computer Crime Act?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to 100,000 baht, or both, for each count. Each post, share or upload can be charged as a separate count, and the Computer Crime Act charge is added on top of the Criminal Code charge for the same conduct, such as fraud or lese-majeste.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Does the Computer Crime Act cover defamation in Thailand?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Not since the 2017 amendment. Section 14(1) now applies only to forged or false data entered dishonestly and states that it is not a defamation offence under the Criminal Code. A defamatory post is prosecuted under Section 328 of the Criminal Code, although complainants still try to add Computer Crime Act counts where the post is alleged to be false.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Can a foreigner be charged under the Computer Crime Act for posts made abroad?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Yes, if the post can be read in Thailand and a Thai victim complains, or if it concerns national security. Section 17 gives Thai courts jurisdiction over offences committed outside the country in those cases, and the charge is enforced on the person&#8217;s next entry into Thailand.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>\u0e14\u0e39\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/defamation\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e34\u0e48\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e32\u0e17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/fraud\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e09\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e42\u0e01\u0e07<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/lese-majeste\/\">\u0e25\u0e27\u0e07\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e21\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e19\u0e38\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/pdpa\/\">PDPA<\/a>, and the guides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/online-social-media-defamation-thailand\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e34\u0e48\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e32\u0e17\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e44\u0e25\u0e19\u0e4c\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e07\u0e04\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e44\u0e25\u0e19\u0e4c\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/a> \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/fraud-and-scam-laws-in-thailand\/\">\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e09\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e42\u0e01\u0e07\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e25\u0e27\u0e07\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Computer Crime Act (\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e14\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e27\u0e40\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c, Computer-Related Crime Act, CCA) is the Thai statute of B.E. 2550 (2007), amended in B.E. 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