Title VI
Offence Relating to Causing Public Danger
Section 217 Whoever fires to others belonging, shall be imprisoned from six months to seven years or fined from ten thousand baht to 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 218 Whoever sets fire to;
- A building, vessel or floating house in which a human is dwelling.
- A building, vessel or floating house used for storage or manufacture of goods.
- A house of entertainment or meeting place.
- A building which is domain public of State, public place or place for performing religious ceremonies,
- A railway station, airport or public parking for cars and vessels.
- A steam boat or motor boat of more than five tons, airplane or train used for public transportation.
He shall be punished with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment of five to twenty years.
Section 219 Whoever prepares for committing the offence as aforesaid by Section 217 or Section 218, shall be punished in the same manner as attempting to commit that offence.
Section 220 Whoever causes fire to any material even belonging to himself in a manner likely to cause damage to another person or other’s belongings, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than seven years and fined not more than one hundred and forty thousand baht.
If the commission of the offense as mentioned in the first paragraph causes a fire to any of the things specified in Section 218, the offender shall be punished as provided in Section 218.
[Penalty rate amended by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (26st Issue) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017)]
Section 221 Whoever causes the explosion likely to cause damage to another person or other’s belonging, shall be imprisoned 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 222 Whoever causes an explosion so as to cause damage to any of the things mentioned in Section 217 or Section 218, shall be punished as provided in such Section.
Section 223 For the aforesaid offense in Section 217, Section 218, Section 220, or Section 222, if the injured things or likely to be injured is of little value, and such action is not likely to cause the injury to the other person, the offender 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 224 If the commission of an offense mentioned in Section 217, Section 218, Section 221 or Section 222 causes death to another person the offender, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.
if causing serious harm to another person The offender shall be punished with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of ten to twenty years.
Section 225 Whoever causes fire by negligence and causes the damage of other’s belonging or is likely to cause damage to the life of another person, shall be imprisoned not more than seven years or fined not more than one hundred and 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 226 structure, machinery, mechanical apparatus, electric wire or equipment provided for the protection of persons or things from danger so as likely to cause danger to the other person, 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 227 Whoever, having the profession of design, control or construction, reparation or removal of building or structure, fails to comply with the rule or method to be duly carried out in such undertaking in the manner likely to cause the danger to the other person, shall be imprisoned 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 228 Whoever, by any means, causes flood or obstruction to the supply of water, which is a public utility, and if such act is likely to endanger the other person or other’s belonging, shall be
punished with imprisonment not more than five years or fined not more than one hundred thousand baht or both.
If the commission of the offense as mentioned in the first paragraph causes danger to the other person or other’s belonging, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of ten thousand baht to 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 229 If the commission of the offense as mentioned in the first paragraph causes danger to the other person or other’s belonging, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined ten thousand baht to 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 230 Whoever places any obstacle upon the railway or tramway to loosen or displace such railway or tramway or to make anything to the signal in the manner likely to cause the danger to the running of railway cars or tram-cars, shall be imprisoned as from six months to seven years and fined as from ten thousand baht to 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 231 Whoever, by any means, renders a lighthouse, buoy, signal, or any other thing provided as a signal for the safety of land traffic, navigation, or air navigation to be in the condition as likely to cause danger to such land traffic, navigation or air navigation, shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of ten thousand baht to 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 232 Whoever, by any means, renders any of the following conveyances to be in the condition as likely to cause danger to a person:
(1) Sea vessel, airplane, train, or tram.
(2) Motor cars used for public transportation or
(3) Steamboat or motorboat of more than five tons used for public transportation.
He shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined ten thousand baht to 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 233 Whoever uses the conveyance to transport the passengers, when such conveyance is under the condition or to be loaded as likely to cause the danger to the persons in such conveyance, 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 234 Whoever, by any means, renders equipment used for production, the transmission of electric energy, or the supply of water so as to cause a lack of convenience to the public, or likely to cause danger to the public, 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 235 Whoever performs any act rendering the public communication of the post, telegraph, telephone or wireless to be obstructed, 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 236 Whoever contaminates food, drug or any other thing intended for human consumption or use, and such contamination is likely to cause damage to health, or to sell or expose for sale such contaminated article for human consumption or use, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than three years or fined not more than six thousand baht, or both.
Section 237 Whoever puts the poisonous substance or any other substance likely to cause damage to health into the food or water into any well, pond, or reservoir, and such food or water to have existed or to be provided for public consumption shall be imprisoned as from six months to ten years and fined as from ten 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 238 If the offenses committed according to Section 226 to Section 237 cause death to another person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of five to twenty years and fined of twenty thousand 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 239 If the act as mentioned by Section 226 to Section 237 is done by negligence and results in imminent danger to the life of the other person, the doer 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)
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