Thailand Law Library

by Thailand Lawyer

Chapter 6: Offence of Receiving Stolen Property

Whoever, assists in concealing, disposing of, making away with, purchases, receives in pledge or otherwise any property obtained through the commission of an offence, and such offence being theft, snatching, extortion, blackmail, robbery, gang-robbery, cheating and fraud, misappropriation or misappropriation by an official, is said to receive stolen property, and shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both.

If the offence of receiving stolen property be committed for profit or against the property obtained by theft under Section 335 (10), robbery or gang-robbery, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to ten years and fined of one thousand to twenty thousand Baht.

If such offence of receiving stolen property is committed against the property obtained by theft according to Section 335-2, by the robbery according to Section 339-2, or by the gang-robbery according to Section 340-2, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of five to fifteen years and fined of ten thousand to thirty thousand Baht.