Section 44: Prohibition from designated zone
Statutory text (Thai original)
ห้ามเข้าเขตกำหนด คือการห้ามมิให้เข้าไปในท้องที่หรือสถานที่ที่กำหนดไว้ในคำพิพากษา
English translation
Prohibition from entering a designated zone is the prohibition against entering the locality or place specified in the judgment.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 44 is a definitional provision in the Book on Punishments and Measures of Safety. It fixes the meaning of the measure known as prohibition from a designated zone, namely a ban on entering the specific locality or place stated in the judgment. It works together with the following sections, which set when the court may impose such a ban, notably Section 45 (ban after release for up to five years) and Section 46 (ban as an alternative to detention where a person refuses to enter into a peace bond).
Why this matters in practice
On its own this section imposes nothing; it only defines the measure. What matters in practice is the section under which a ban is actually ordered, so check whether the court relied on Section 45 (post-release ban) or Section 46 (alternative to a peace bond). The scope of the ban is limited to the specific locality or place named in the judgment, so the precise wording of that order controls where the person may not go.
Cited in 7 Supreme Court decisions (1974 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1367/2533 (1990)
- Decision 264/2522 (1979)
- Decision 3057/2523 (1980)
- Decision 371/2517 (1974)
- Decision 6175/2533 (1990)
- Decision 911/2566 (2023)
- Decision 4393/2565 (2022)
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.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 91 5
- Section 78 5
- Section 33 4
- Section 83 4
- Section 90 4
Sections that appear in the same judgments as this one most often. The figure is the number of decisions.
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
What does prohibition from a designated zone mean under Thai law?
Under Section 44 it means barring the person from entering the specific locality or place named in the court's judgment. It is a safety measure, not a criminal penalty in itself.
Does Section 44 set the penalty by itself?
No. Section 44 only defines the measure. The power to actually order a ban comes from Section 45 or Section 46.
Related guides on ThaiLawOnline
Cite this section
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Plain citation
Penal Code, s. 44 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Penal Code (Thailand), s. 44. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-penal-code/section-44/ (accessed 17 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.อ. มาตรา 44 -
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