Whereas it is found appropriate to amend certain sections of the Penal Code and whereas there is an emergency preventing the timely convening of the House of Representatives;
Therefore, by virtue of the power under the stipulations of section 52 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, a great royal command is given that the following Emergency Decree be enacted:
Section1.This Emergency Decree shall be called the "Emergency Decree Amending the Penal Code, 2484 Buddhist Era".
Section2.This Emergency Decree shall come into force from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The rates of punishment specified in section 131, section 132, section 133, section 134, section 135, section 136, section 137, and section 138 of the Penal Code, which have been amended by the Act Amending the Penal Code, 2477 Buddhist Era (No. 2), shall all be repealed and replaced by the following rates of punishment:
