Section 136: Repealed
Statutory text (Thai original)
(ยกเลิก)
English translation
(Repealed)
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
This section, which sat in Chapter 1 (Ordinary Inquiry), has been repealed. In its former version it addressed the inquiry official's power to release the accused provisionally, with or without bail or security. Older Supreme Court decisions that refer to Section 136 apply that repealed text and should be read as concerning the former law in force at the time. The provisional-release regime is now found in the Code's provisions on bail and provisional release, so this entry is retained only to preserve the section's numbering and history.
Why this matters in practice
Because Section 136 is repealed, do not rely on it. If you need to understand the current rules on provisional release or bail for an accused during investigation, look to the Code's present bail provisions rather than this section, and take advice on any specific case. You can book a consultation with a Thai lawyer to confirm the rule that now applies.
Cited in 4 Supreme Court decisions (1973 to 2006)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 320/2547 (2004)
- Decision 7437/2541 (1998)
- Decision 2657/2516 (1973)
- Decision 8314/2549 (2006)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,652 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. The count is complete; the stated year range trims rare outliers so it describes where the citations actually sit. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics. How we count these, and what we measured
Frequently asked questions
Is Section 136 of the Thai Criminal Procedure Code still in force?
No. Section 136 has been repealed and no longer has effect. Older cases citing it apply the former text, and provisional release of an accused is now governed by the Code's current bail provisions.
Related guides on ThaiLawOnline
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Plain citation
Criminal Procedure Code, s. 136 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Criminal Procedure Code (Thailand), s. 136. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-criminal-procedure-code/section-136/ (accessed 11 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.วิ.อ. มาตรา 136 -
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