Chapter 2
Offence of Extortion, Blackmail, Robbery, and Gang-Robbery

Section 337 Whoever, compels a person to give or to agree to give him or other person a benefit of a property by committing an act of violence or by a threat to commit violence against life, body, liberty, reputation or property of the compelled person or a third person, so that the compelled person submits to the same is said to commit extortion, and shall be punished with imprisonment not more than five years and fined not more than one hundred thousand baht.

            If extortion is committed;

1. By threatening to cause death or grievous bodily harm to the compelled person or other person or to set fire to the property of the compelled person or other person, or
2. By a person carrying an arm,

The offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of ten thousand to one hundred thousand baht.

Section 338 Whoever compels other person to give or to agree to give him or other person the benefit of a property by threatening to disclose the secret, to cause injury to the compelled person or the third person, up to the compelled person submit to the same, such person to is said to commit blackmail, and shall be imprisoned as from one year to ten years and fined as from twenty thousand to two hundred thousand baht.

Section 339 Whoever commits theft by doing any act of violence or immediately threatening to do any act of violence in order to;

1. Facilitate the theft or taking away things
2. Obtain delivery of things
3. Take hold of the things
4. Conceal the commission of such offence, or
5. Escape from an arrest

The person is said to commit robbery and shall be punished with imprisonment of five to ten years and fined of one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand baht.

If such offence is committed under the circumstances as provided in any subsection of Section 335, or is committed against the ox, buffalo, mechanical device or machinery of the agriculturist to possess for purpose of carrying on agricultural pursuit, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to fifteen years and fined of two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand baht.

If the robbery causes bodily or mentally harm to other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years and fined of two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand baht.

If the robbery causes grievous bodily harm to the other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years and fined of thirty to forty thousand baht.

If the robbery causes death to other person, the offender shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.
Section 339 bis If the robbery is committed against anything according to the first paragraph of Section 335 bis, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to fifteen years and fined of two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand baht.

            If such robbery is committed in the place as provided in the second paragraph of Section 335 bis as well, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years and fined of two hundred thousand to forty hundred thousand baht.

            If the robbery according to the first and second paragraph causes bodily or mentally harm to other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years and fined of three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand baht.

            If the robbery according to the first or the second paragraph causes grievous bodily harm to other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years.

            If the robbery according to the first or second paragraph causes death to the other person, the offender shall be punished with death.

Section 340 Whoever with more than three persons participate in committing robbery, such persons are said to commit gang-robbery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to fifteen years and fined of two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand baht.

If in the commission of the gang-robbery, even one of the offenders carries arms, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of twelve to twenty years and fined of two hundred forty thousand to forty hundred thousand baht.

            If the gang-robbery causes grievous bodily harm to other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years. If the gang-robbery is committed by acts of cruelty so as to cause bodily or mentally harm to other person, by shooting with a gun, by using explosive or by acts of torture, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years.

            If the gang-robbery causes death to other person, the offender shall be punished with death.

Section 340 bis If the gang-robbery is committed against anything according to the first paragraph of Section 335 bis, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years and fined of two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand baht.

If such gang-robbery is committed in the place as mentioned in the second paragraph of Section 335 bis as well, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years and fined of three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand baht.

            If the gang-robbery according to the first or second paragraph, even one of the offenders carries arms, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years.

            If the gang-robbery according to the first or second paragraph causes grievous bodily harm to other person, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for life.            

If the gang-robbery according to the first or second paragraph is committed by acts of cruelty so as to cause bodily or mentally harm to the other person, by shooting with a gun, by using explosive or by acts of torture, the offender shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.

If the gang-robbery according to the first or second paragraph causes death to other person, the offender shall be punished with death.

Section 340 ter Whoever commits the offence under Section 339, Section 339 bis, Section 340 or Section 340 bis, by wearing the soldier or police uniform, by dressing so as to mistake for the soldier or police, or by carrying or using the gun or explosive, or by using the conveyance so as to commit the offence for taking such thing away or for escaping from the arrest, shall be punished to heavier punishment than that as prescribed by such section by half.