Chapter 2
Offence Relating to Seals, Stamps, and Tickets
 

Section 250 Whoever forges the State seal, State seal impression, or King's Sign Manual shall be imprisoned from five to twenty years and fined from 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 251 Whoever forges a seal or impression of such seal of a Political Bureau, public organization, or an official shall be punished with imprisonment of one to seven years and fined of twenty 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 252 Whoever uses the seal, seal impression or King's sign-manual as mentioned under Section 250 or

Section 251 as being the forged seal, seal impression or King's sign-manual shall be punished as provided by such Section.

Section 253 Whoever possesses the genuine seal or impression of the seal mentioned in Section 250 or Section 251 and wrongfully uses such seal or impression of such seal in a manner likely to cause damage to other person or the public, shall be liable to two-thirds of the punishment as provided in Section 250 or Section 251.

Section 254 Whoever forges a Government stamp used for postage, taxation, or collection of fees, or alters a Government stamp used for such purposes in order to make other persons believe that it has a higher value than it really has, shall be punished with imprisonment of twenty 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 255 Whoever brings in the forged State seal, State seal impression, King's sign-manual, seal or seal impression of Political Bureau, public organization or official, or stamp as specified under Section 250, Section 251 or Section 254 to the kingdom, shall be imprisoned from twenty 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 256 Whoever, erases, removes, or does by any means to the Government stamp as specified in Section 254, which bears a  mark or was denoted that it can no longer be used, in order to make it useable, 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 257 Whoever uses, sells, offers for sale, exchanges, or offers for exchange the stamp from the execution as aforesaid by Section 254 or Section 256 whether the execution under such Section is committed inside or outside the Kingdom, 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 258 Whoever forges or alters a ticket used in public transportation with intent to make other persons believe that it has a higher value than it really has, or erases, removes, or does by any means whatever to the ticket which bears a mark or was denoted that it can no longer be used, in order to make it useable, shall be punished with imprisonment not more than two years or fined not more than forty thousand baht or both remember and fine.

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

Section 259 If the commission under Section 258 concerns tickets disposed to the public for entering into any place, 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)]

Section 260 Whoever uses, sells, offers for sale, exchanges, or offers for exchange the ticket from the execution mentioned in Section 258 or Section 259, shall be punished with imprisonment 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 261 Whoever makes the instrument or material for forging or altering anything as specified in Section 254, Section 258, or Section 259, or possesses such instrument or material for forging or altering, 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 262 If the offence mentioned in Section 254, Section 256, Section 257 or Section 261 is committed relating to the foreign Government stamps, the offender shall be liable to one-half of the punishment as provided for such Section.

Section 263 If the offender under Section 250, Section 251, Section 254, Section 256, Section 257, Section 258, Section 259 or Section 262 has committed the offence under the other Section as prescribed in this Chapter relating to the thing results from execution, that person shall be punished according to Section 250, Section 251, Section 254, Section 256, Section 258, Section 259 or Section 262 for one count only.