Chapter 2
Malfeasance in Judicial Office

Section 200 Whoever is an official in the post of a Public Prosecutor, an official conducting cases, an inquiry official, or an official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases or to execute a criminal warrant, wrongfully exercises or does not exercise any of his duty in order to assist any person not to receive punishment or to receive less punishment, shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of ten thousand baht to one hundred and forty thousand baht

            If such exercise or non-exercise is to maliciously cause any person to be punished, to be punished heavier, or to be subjected to the measures of safety, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of one to twenty years and fined twenty thousand to four hundred thousand baht.

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

Section 201 Whoever is the official in the judicial post, Public Prosecutor, official conducting the cases or the inquiry official wrongfully demands, accept or agrees to accept the property or any other benefit for himself or the other person so as to exercise or not to exercise any act, whether such exercise or not to exercise is wrongfully act of his duty or not, shall be imprisoned as from five years to twenty years or life imprisonment and fined as from two thousand Baht to four hundred thousand baht or executed, or death.

[Penalty rate amended by section 7 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 202 Whoever is an official in a judicial post, a Public Prosecutor, an official conducting cases or an inquiry official, exercises or does not exercise any of his duty in consideration of a property or any other benefit which he has demanded, accepted or agreed to accept before his appointment to such post, shall be punished with imprisonment of five to twenty years or imprisonment for life, and fined of one hundred thousand baht to four hundred thousand baht or death

[Penalty rate amended by section 7 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]

Section 203 Whoever is the official having the duty executing the judgment or order of the Court, prevents or obstructs the execution of such judgment or order, 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 204 Whoever is an official has the duty to control and to take care of any person in lawful custody under the power of the Court, an inquiry official or an official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases, causes, by any means whatever, such person to be released from the custody, shall be punished with imprisonment of one to seven years and fined of twenty thousand to one hundred and forty thousand Baht.

If the person so released from custody is a  person sentenced by any Court to death, to imprisonment for life or to imprisonment of more than fifteen years, or numbering more than three persons, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of forty thousand baht to two hundred thousand baht.

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

Section 205 If the offense mentioned in Section 204 is committed by negligence, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than two years or fined not more than forty thousand baht or both.

If the persons so released from the custody by negligence is a person sentenced by any Court to death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen years upwards, or numbering more than three persons, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three years or fined not more than sixty thousand baht or both.

If the offender causes the person released from custody to be retaken within three months, the punishment inflicted upon the offender shall cease forthwith.

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