Thailand Law Library

by Thailand Lawyer

Chapter 5: Offenses Against Passports

Whoever forges in whole or in part of passport adds, removes, or after any means upon a genuine passport; affixes with a counterfeit seal; or puts a forged signature to a passport in a manner likely to cause damage to any person or the people, where it is committed with intent to cause any other person to believe that it is a genuine passport, is said to commit the offense of forgery of passports, and shall be liable to imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine of twenty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

Whoever utters or acquires for the purpose of uttering a forged passport as prescribed in Section 269/8 shall be liable to imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine of twenty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

Whoever disposes of or acquires for the purpose of the disposal of a forged passport as prescribed in Section 269/8 shall be liable to imprisonment from three years to twenty years and a fine of sixty thousand baht to four hundred thousand baht.

Where the offender has in his or her possession of two copies upwards of the forged passports in accordance with Section269/8, it shall be preliminarily presumed that such possession is for the purpose of disposal.

Where the offender under the first or the second paragraph is the person who forges a passport in accordance with Section 269/8, such offender shall be liable to the punishment under this Section for one count only.

Whoever imports into or exports from the Kingdom any forged passport in accordance with Section 269 / 8 shall be liable to imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine of twenty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

Where the offence under the first paragraph is committed for the purpose of disposal, the offender shall be liable to imprisonment from three years to twenty years and a fine of sixty thousand baht to four hundred thousand baht.

Whoever misuses the passport of another person in a manner likely to cause damage to any person or the people shall be liable to imprisonment for not exceeding ten years and a fine of not exceeding two hundred thousand baht.

Whoever procures a passport for the offender under the first paragraph shall be liable to the same punishment.

Whoever counterfeits the seal, impression of such seal or visa form which is used for being affixed with the seal used in the administration of international travelling shall be liable to imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine of twenty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

Whoever utters the seal, impression of such seal or visa form which is used for being affixed with the seal that is counterfeited in accordance with Section 269112 shall be liable to imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine of twenty thou sand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

Where the offender under the first paragraph is the person who counterfeits the seal, impression of such seal or visa form which is used for being affixed with the seal in accordance with Section 269 / 12 shall be liable to the punishment under this Section for one count only.

Whoever imports into or exports from the Kingdom any seal, impression of such seal or visa form which is used for being affixed with the seal in accordance with Section 269/12 which is counterfeit shall be liable to imprisonment from one year to ten years and a fine of twenty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

Whoever misuses any genuine seal, impression of such seal or sheet of paper attached to a passport which is used for being affixed with the seal used in the administration of international travelling in a manner likely to cause damage to any person or the people shall be liable to two thirds of the punishment as prescribed in Section 269/13.