Offenses in the Thai Penal Code
Physical Harm
Translated by Academic Team of Soodpaisan, 2023
Section 290
Section 290 .- Whoever causes death to the other person by inflicting injury upon the body of such person without intent to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of three years to fifteen years.
If the offence being committed under any of the circumstances mentioned in Section 289, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of three years to twenty years.
Section 295
Section 295 .- Whoever causes injury to the other person in body or mind is said to commit bodily harm, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or fined not exceeding forty thousand Baht, or both. *
* Amended penalty by Section 4 of The Act Amending The Criminal Code (No. 26), B.E. 2560.
Section 297
Section 295 .- Whoever causes injury to the other person
in body or mind is said to commit bodily harm, he shall be
punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or finednot exceeding forty thousand Baht, or both. *
Section 297 .- Whoever commit bodily harm, and thereby causing the victim to receive grievous bodily harm, shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to ten years and fined of ten thousand to two hundred thousand Baht. *
Grievous bodily harms are as follows :
(1) Deprivation of the sight, deprivation of the hearing, cutting of the tongue or loss of the sense of smelling ;
(2) Loss of genital organs or reproductive ability ;
(3) Loss of an arm, leg, hand, foot, finger or any other organ;
(4) Permanent disfiguration of the face ;
(5) Abortion ;
(6) Permanent insanity ;
(7) Infirmity or chronic illness which may last throughout life ;
(8) Infirmity or illness causing the sufferer to be in severe bodily pain for over twenty days or to be unable to follow the ordinary pursuits for over twenty days.
Section 391
Section 391,- Whoever commits an act of violence not amounting to bodily or mental harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one month or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht,* or both.
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Offenses in the Thai Penal Code Sexual Abuse translated from Academic Team of Soodpaisan. (2023). The Criminal Code Thai - English (6th ed.). Bangkok: Soodpaisan. 480 pages. ISBN 978-616-594-192-1.