Section 312/3: Receiving or procuring a minor aged 15 to 18
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดโดยทุจริตรับไว้ จำหน่าย เป็นธุระจัดหา ล่อไป หรือพาไปซึ่งบุคคลอายุเกินสิบห้าปีแต่ยังไม่เกินสิบแปดปี แม้ผู้นั้นจะยินยอมก็ตาม ต้องระวางโทษจำคุกไม่เกินห้าปี หรือปรับไม่เกินหนึ่งแสนบาท หรือทั้งจำทั้งปรับ ถ้าการกระทำความผิดตามวรรคแรกเป็นการกระทำแก่เด็กอายุยังไม่เกินสิบห้าปี ผู้กระทำต้องระวางโทษจำคุกไม่เกินเจ็ดปี หรือปรับไม่เกินหนึ่งแสนสี่หมื่นบาท หรือทั้งจำทั้งปรับ
English translation
Whoever dishonestly receives, disposes of, procures, seduces or takes away a person over fifteen but not over eighteen years of age, even with that person's consent, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years, or a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand baht, or both.
Where the offence under paragraph one is committed against a child not over fifteen years of age, the offender shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding seven years, or a fine not exceeding one hundred and forty thousand baht, or both.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Cited in 10 Supreme Court decisions (2007 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3930/2558 (2015)
- Decision 21640-21641/2556 (2013)
- Decision 4147/2550 (2007)
- Decision 2623/2566 (2023)
- Decision 7578-7579/2561 (2018)
- Decision 214/2566 (2023)
- Decision 4088-4089/2566 (2023)
- Decision 2665/2564 (2021)
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