Section 297.- Whoever, commits bodily harm, and thereby causing the victim to receive grievous bodily harm, shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to ten years.

Grievous bodily harms are as follows :

(1) Deprivation of the sight ;

(2) Deprivation of the hearing ;

(3) Cutting of the tongue or loss of the sense of smell ;

(4) Loss of genital organs or reproductive ability ;

(5) Loss of an arm, leg, hand, foot, finger or any other organ ;

(6) Permanent disfiguration of face ;

(7) Abortion ;

(8) Permanent insanity ;

(9) Infirmity or chronic illness which may last throughout life ;

(10) Infirmity or illness causing the sufferer to be in severe bodily pain for over twenty days or to be unable to follow the ordinary pursuits for over twenty days.

 

Section 298.- Whoever, committing the offence under Section 297 under any circumstance as prescribed by Section 289, shall be imprisoned as from two years to ten years.

 

Section 299.- Whenever, grievous bodily harm is caused to any person in an affray in which three persons upwards are engaged, whether such person be a participant in such affray or not, the participants in such affray shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or fined not exceeding two thousand Baht, or both.

If the participant in such affray can show that he has acted in order to prevent such affray or in lawful defense, he shall not be punished.

 

Section 300.- Whoever, committing the act by negligence and such act to cause the grievous bodily harm to the other person, shall be imprisoned three years or fined not out of six thousand Baht, or both.

 

CHAPTER 3

OFFENCE OF ABORTION

 

Section 301.- Any woman, causing herself to be aborted or allowing the other person to procure the abortion for herself, shall be imprisoned not out of three years or fined not out of six thousand Baht, or both.

 

Section 302.- Whoever, procures abortion for a woman with her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both.

If such act causes other grievous bodily harm to the woman also, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding seven years or fined not exceeding fourteen thousand Baht, or both.

If such act causes death to the woman, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding ten years and fined not exceeding twenty thousand Baht.