CHAPTER 6

OFFENCE OF RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY

 

Section 357.- Whoever, assists in concealing, disposing of, making away with, purchases, receives in pledge or otherwise any property obtained through the commission of an offence, and such offence being theft, snatching, extortion, blackmail, robbery, gang-robbery, cheating and fraud, misappropriation or misappropriation by an official, is said to receive stolen property, and shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both.

If the offence of receiving stolen property be committed for profit or against the property obtained by theft under Section 335 (10), robbery or gang-robbery, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to ten years and fined of one thousand to twenty thousand Baht.

If such offence of receiving stolen property is committed against the property obtained by theft according to Section 335 bis, by the robbery according to Section 339 bis, or by the gang-robbery according to Section 340 bis, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of five to fifteen years and fined of ten thousand to thirty thousand Baht.

 

CHAPTER 7

OFFENCE OF MISCHIEF

 

Section 358.- Whoever, damaging, destroying, causing the depreciation of value or rendering useless the property belonging to the other person or which the other person to be the co-owner, such person to be said to commit mischief, and shall be imprisoned not out of three years or fined not out of six thousand Baht, or both.

 

Section 359.- If the offence under Section 358 be committed against :

(1) An engine or machinery used for agricultural or industrial pursuits ;

(2) A cattle ;

(3) A conveyance or a beast of burden used for public transportation or for agricultural or industrial pursuits ; or

(4) A plant or produce of an agriculturist, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both.

 

Section 360.- Whoever, damaging, destroying, causing the depreciation of value or rendering useless the property used or possessed for public benefit, shall be imprisoned not out of five yours or fined not out of ten thousand Baht, or both.

 

Section 360 bis.- Whoever, damages, destroys, causes depreciation in value or renders useless the properties according to the first paragraph of Section 335 bis, which is stranded in the places according to the second paragraph of Section 335 bis, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding ten years or fined not exceeding twenty thousand Baht, or both.

 

Section 361.- The offences under Section 358 and Section 359 are compoundable offences.