Title VII
Offence Relating to Counterfeiting and Alteration
 

Chapter 1
Offence Relating to Currency
 

Section 240 Whoever counterfeits the currency irrespective of whether to make as the coin, banknote or any the other thing to be used or authorized to be used by Government, or to counterfeit the Government bond or interest coupon attached to such bond, such person is said to commit the offense of counterfeiting the currency. He shall be imprisoned for life or from ten to twenty years and a fine from two hundred thousand baht to a hundred thousand baht.

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

Section 241 Whoever alters currency, whether it is a coin, banknote, or any other thing issued or authorized to be issued by the Government. or alters the Government bond or interest coupon attached to such bond with intent to make the other person believe that it has a higher value than it really has, is said to commit an offense of altering currency and shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of five to twenty years and fined of one hundred thousand baht 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 242 Whoever dishonestly diminishes the weight of a coin issued by the Government shall be punished with imprisonment not more than seven years and fined not more than one hundred and forty thousand baht.

            Whoever brings into the Kingdom, or utters or possesses for uttering a coin which its weight has been diminished according to the provision in the first paragraph, shall be liable to the same punishment.

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

Section 243 Whoever brings anything to be counterfeited according to Section 240 or altered according to Section 241, shall be punished as provided in such section.

Section 244 Whoever possesses for uttering anything obtained by him, which he knows to be counterfeited according to Section 240 or altered according to Section 241, shall be punished with imprisonment of one to fifteen years and fined of twenty thousand baht 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 245 Whoever utters anything by not to know as being counterfeited according to Section 240 or altered according to Section 241, if subsequently upon having known as being counterfeited or altered still to be sued, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than two 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 246 Whoever makes an instrument or a material intended for counterfeiting or altering currency, whether it is a coin, bank note, or any other thing issued or authorized by the Government or for counterfeiting or altering the Government bond or interest coupon attached to such bond, or possesses such instrument or material intended for use in counterfeit or alteration, shall be punished with imprisonment of five to fifteen years and fined of one hundred thousand baht 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 247 If the offences mentioned in this Chapter concerning currency, whether it is a coin, bank-note or any other thing issued or authorized by the foreign Government, or relating to the foreign Government bond or interest coupon attached to such bond, the offender shall be liable to one half of the punishment as provided in such section.

Section 248 If the offender under Section 240, Section 241 or Section 247 has committed under other Section as prescribed by this Chapter dealing with the thing counterfeited or altered by oneself, such person shall be punished under Section 240, Section 241 or Section 247 for one count only.

Section 249 Whoever imitates any kind of printed papers or pieces of metal with the characteristics and sizes which resemble currency, whether it is a coin, banknote, or anything issued or authorized by the Government, or the Government bond or interest coupon attached to such bond, or disposes of the same, shall be punished with imprisonment, not more than one year or fined not more than twenty thousand baht or both.

If the sale of cards or metals is mentioned in the first paragraph It is sold by bringing issued as anything mentioned in the first paragraph. The offender shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding sixty thousand baht or both.

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