Section 340 bis.- If the gang-robbery is committed against the things according to the first paragraph of Section 335 bis, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years and find of twenty thousand to forty thousand Baht.

If such gang-robbery is committed in the place as provided in the second paragraph of Section 335 bis also, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of fifteen to twenty years and fined of thirty thousand to forty 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 the 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 mental 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 the other person, the offender shall be punished with death.

 

Section 340 ter.- Whoever, committing 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.

 

CHAPTER 3

OFFENCE OF CHEATING AND FRAUD

Section 341.- Whoever dishonestly deceives a person with the assertion of a falsehood or the concealment of the facts which should be revealed, and, by such deception, obtains a property from the person so deceived or a third person, or causes the person so deceived or a third person to execute, revoke or destroy a document of right, is said to commit the offence of cheating and fraud, and shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or fined not exceeding six thousand Baht, or both.

 

Section 342.- If the offence of cheating and fraud be committed :

(1) By the offender showing himself to be another person; 

(2) By taking advantage of the lack of intelligence of the deceived person who is a child, or by ta king advantage of weakness of mind of the deceived person,

the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both.