Section 286.- Any person, being over sixteen years of age, subsists on the earning of a prostitute, even it is some part of her incomes, shall be punished with imprisonment of seven to twenty years and fined of fourteen thousand to forty thousand Baht, or imprisonment for life.

Any person has no other apparent or sufficient means of subsistence, and :

(1) Is found residing or habitually associating with one or more prostitutes ;

(2) Takes board and lodging, or receives money or any other benefit arranged for by a prostitute ; or

(3) Take part in order to help any prostitute in her quarrel with her customer ,

The provisions of this Section shall not be applied to any person who receives maintenance from a prostitute who is bound to give maintenance according to law or morality.

 

Section 287.- Whoever :

(1) For the purpose of trade or by trade, for public distribution or exhibition, makes, produces, possesses, brings or causes to be brought into the Kingdom, sends or causes to be sent out of the Kingdom, takes away or causes to be taken away, or circulates by any means whatever, any document, drawing, print, painting, printed matter, picture, poster, symbol, photograph, cinematograph film, noise tape, picture tape or any other thing which is obscene ;

(2) Carries on trade, or takes part or participates in the trade concerning the aforesaid obscene material or thing, or distributes or exhibits to the public, or hires out such material or thing ;

(3) In order to assist in the circulation or trading of the aforesaid obscene material or thing, propagates or spreads the news by any means whatever that there is a person committing the act which is an offence according to this Section, or propagates or spreads the news that the aforesaid obscene material or thing may be obtained from any person or by any means, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or fined not exceeding six thousand Baht, or both.

 

TITLE X

OFFENCE AGAINST LIFE AND BODY

CHAPTER 1

OFFENCE CAUSING DEATH

 

Section 288.- Whoever, murdering the other person, shall be imprisoned by death or imprisoned as from fifteen years to twenty years.

 

Section 289.- Whoever commits murder on:

(1) An ascendant ;

(2) An official in the exercise of his functions, or by reason of exercising or having exercised his functions ;

(3) A person who assists an official in the exercise of his functions, or by reason of the fact that such person will assist or has assisted the said official ;

(4) The other person by premeditation ;

(5) The other person by employing torture or acts of cruelty ;

(6) The other person for the purpose of preparing or facilitating the commission of the other offence ; or

(7) The other person for the purpose of securing the benefit obtained through the other offence, or concealing the other offence or escaping punishment for the other offence committed by him, shall be punished with death.