Section Code: 0130 - 0135

Criminal Code

SPECIFIC OFFENSES
TITLE I
OFFENCES RELATING TO THE SECURITY OF THE KINGDOM

Chapter 4: Offence Against the Friendly Relation with Foreign States

Section 130. Harming Head of Friendly Foreign State

Whoever does bodily harm, or committing any act of violence against the liberty of the King, his Queen or her Consort, Heir-apparent or Head of a friendly foreign State, shall be punished with imprisonment of one to fifteen years.

Whoever attempts to commit such offence shall be liable to the same punishment.

Section 131. Harming Representative of any Foreign State

Whoever, assaulting or committing any act of violence against the liberty of the Foreign Representative to be accredited to the Royal court, shall be imprisoned not out of ten years. Whoever, attempting to commit the act as aforesaid, shall be punished by the same punishment.

Section 132. Assassination or Attempts to Assassinate

Whoever causing death, or attempting to cause death to any person specified in Section 130 or Section 131, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.

Section 133. Defamation of Foreign Head

Whoever, defaming, insulting or threatening the Sovereign, Queen, Consort, Heir-apparent or Head of Foreign State, shall be imprisoned as from one year to seven years or fined as from two thousand to fourteen thousand Baht, or both.

Section 134. Defamation of Foreign Representative

Whoever, defaming, insulting or threatening a foreign Representative accredited to the Royal Court, shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to five years or fine of one to ten thousand Baht, or both.

Section 135. Acts against Flag or Emblem of Friendly Foreign State

Whoever does any act to the flag or any other emblem to be symbolized the friendly Foreign State with the intention to deride that State, shall be imprisoned not out of two years or fined not out of four thousand Baht, or both.