Title III
Offence Relating to Justice

Chapter 1
Offence Against the Judicial Officials

Section 167 Whoever gives, offers or agrees to give the property or any other benefit to the official in the judicial post, Public Prosecutor, Official to conduct the cases or Inquiry Official so as to induce oneself wrongfully to do, or not to do the act or to delay the doing of any act, shall be imprisoned not more than seven years and fined not exceeding one hundred and forty thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 168 Whoever refuses to comply with the lawful requisition of a Public Prosecutor, official conducting cases or inquiry official requiring him to come and make statement, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three months or fined not more than five thousand    baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 169 Whoever refuses to comply with the lawful requisition of the Public Prosecutor, official to conduct the cases or to inquiry official requiring oneself to forward of manage to be forwarded any property or document, to take the oath, to make the affirmation or to make the statement, shall be imprisoned not more than three months or fined not more than five thousand baht, or both.
[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 170 Whoever refuses to comply with a writ or order of the Court requiring him to come and make a statement, to come and give evidence or to forward any property or document in any judicial proceeding, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than six months or fined not more than ten thousand baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 171 Whoever refuses to comply with the order of the Court to require one to take the oath, to make the affirmation or the statement, or to give the evidence, shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than ten thousand baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 172 Whoever gives any false information concerning a criminal offence, which may likely cause injury to the other person or the public, to the Public Prosecutor, official conducting cases, inquiry official or any official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than two years or fined not more than forty thousand baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 173 Whoever gives the false information that the crime has been committed while knowing that such crime has not been committed to the inquiry official or the official having the power to investigate the criminal cases, shall be imprisoned not more than three years and fined not more than sixty thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 174 If the information according to Section 172 or Section 173 is in order to maliciously subject any person to the measures of safety, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three years and fined not more than sixty thousand baht.

            If the information according to the first paragraph is in order to maliciously subject any person to a punishment or a heavier punishment, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years and fined not more than one hundred thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 175 Whoever uses the false information in order to make a complaint in the Court that one has committed a criminal offense or has committed a higher degree of criminal offense than in reality, shall be imprisoned not more than five years and fined not more than one hundred thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]
Section 176 Whenever any person having committed the offence according to Section 175 makes an apology to the Court, and withdraws or amends the charge before the judgment of the Court is given, the Court shall inflict less punishment to any extent than that provided by the law, or the Court may not inflict the punishment at all.

Section 177 Whoever gives false evidence to the Court in the judicial proceedings, if such false evidence is an essential matter in the case, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years or fined not more than one hundred thousand baht, or both.

            If the offense mentioned in the first paragraph is committed in the criminal proceeding, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than seven years and fined not more than one hundred and forty thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 178 Whoever required by the official in the judicial post, Public Prosecutor, Official Conducting the cases or Inquiry Official to translate any of statement or means to render the wrong translation of the such statement, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 179 Whoever fabricates false evidence in order that an inquiry official or an official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases may believe that any criminal offense has occurred, or may believe that the criminal offense occurred to a higher degree than in reality, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than two years or fined not more than forty thousand baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 180 Whoever adduces or produces false evidence in any judicial proceedings, if it is evidence in an essential matter of the case, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht, or both.

If the offense mentioned in the first paragraph is committed in the criminal proceedings, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than seven years and fined not more than one hundred and forty thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 181 If the commission of the offences according to Section 174, Section 175, Section 177, Section 178 or Section 180:

(1) It is in the case charging any person with the commission of an offense whose punishment is imprisonment of more than three years, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of ten thousand baht up to one hundred and forty thousand baht.

(2) It is in the case charging any person with the commission of an offense whose punishment is death or imprisonment for life, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of one to fifteen years and fined twenty thousand to three hundred thousand baht.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 182 Whoever has committed the offence according to Section 177 or Section 178 has makes an apology and declared the truth to the Court or an official before the conclusion of his statement or translation, shall not be punished.

Section 183 Whoever committed the offence under Section 177 or Section 178 and had made an apology and declared the truth to the Court or the Official before the judgment is given and before being charged with the offence committed, the Court may inflict less punishment to any extent than the prescribed by the law.

Section 184 Whoever  helps another person not to be punished or to receive less punishment, damages, destroys, conceals, makes away with loses, or renders useless evidence in the commission of an offense; shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years or fined not more than one hundred thousand baht or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 185 Whoever damages, destroys, conceals, makes away with loses, or renders useless any property or document deposited with the Court or kept by the Court in the judicial proceedings, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years or fined not more than one hundred thousand baht or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 186 Whoever damages, destroy, conceals, makes away with loses, or renders useless any
of property forfeited by the judgment of the Court, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht, or both.   

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 187 Whoever damages destroy, conceals, makes away with loses or renders useless the property, in order to prevent the execution of the judgment or order of the Court, which is seized or attached, or which he knows likely to be seized or attached, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht or both.

 [Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 188 Whoever damages, destroys, conceals, makes away with loses, or renders useless a will or document of the other person in the manner likely to cause damage to another person or the public, shall be imprisoned not more than five years and fined not more than one hundred thousand baht.

 [Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 189 Whoever assists the other person who commits or is alleged of having committed an offense which is not a petty offense so that such person may not be punished by giving him lodging, by hiding, or by assisting him by any means so that he may not be arrested, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than two years or fined not more than forty thousand baht or both.

 [Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 190 Whoever escapes during confinement under the power of the Court, a Public Prosecutor, an inquiry official, or an official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht or both.

            If the offense as mentioned in the first paragraph is committed by breaking open the place
of confinement, by doing any act of violence, by threatening to do any act of violence, or by the participation of more than three persons, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years or fined not more than ten hundred thousand baht, or both.

            If the offense according to this Section is committed by the offender carrying or using any gun, or explosive, the offender shall be liable to heavier punishment than that as provided in the two preceding paragraphs by one-half.

[Penalty rate amended by section 5 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]
 
Section 191 Whoever, by any means, causes to the persons under confinement by the power of Court, a Public Prosecutor, an inquiry official, or an official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases to be released from such confinement, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years or fined not more than one hundred thousand baht or both.

If the persons released from such confinement are the persons sentenced by any Court to death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment of more than fifteen years, or numbering from more than three persons, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of en thousand baht to one hundred and forty thousand baht.

If the offense according to this Section is committed by doing any act of violence, threatening to do any act of violence, or carrying or using any gun or explosive, the offender shall be liable to heavier punishment than that as provided in the two preceding paragraphs by one-half.

[Penalty rate amended by section 5 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 192 Whoever gives dwelling place, hides or assists with any means to the person escaped from the lawful custody under the power of the Court, inquiry official or official empowered to investigate the criminal cases so as to such person may not be arrested, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht or both.

            [Penalty rate amended by section 5 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 193 If the offense mentioned in Section 184, Section 189, or Section 192 is committed in order to help the father, mother, child, husband, or wife, the Court may not inflict any punishment.

Section 194 Whoever is sentenced not to enter the specific area under Section 45 have entered in such areas, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than twenty thousand baht or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 195 Whoever escapes from an institution of treatment where the Court has given order to restrain him according to Section 49, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than six months or fined not more than ten thousand baht or both.

 [Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 196 Whoever violates the prohibition order of the Court given in the judgment under Section 50, shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than ten thousand baht or both.

 [Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 197 Whoever harms or threatens to harm, to give or agree to give the benefit for hindering or obstructing the public auction of the official on account of the judgment or order of the Court, shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than ten thousand baht, or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 198 Whoever insults the Court or the judge in the trial or adjudication of the case, or obstructs the trial or adjudication of the Court, shall be punished with imprisonment of twenty thousand baht to one hundred and forty thousand baht or both.

 [Penalty rate amended by section 5 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 199 Whoever stealthily buries, conceals, removes or destroys the corpse or part of the corpse so as to conceal the birth, death or cause of death, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than twenty thousand baht or both.

[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]