In hearing a petition according to the first paragraph, when the court has tried to money
condition, past record, nature of the offence of the fined person, it is deemed advisable, the
Court will issue an order to such person performing social service or public service on behalf
of the fine, but all these, subject to probation officer, State's authority, State's work-unit, or
Organization to have the object performing Social Service, public charity or public benefit
consenting to take care of one.
In case of the Court issuing an order to the fined person to perform Social Service or public
benefit on behalf of the fine, the Court shall designate the nature or kind of work, person
taking care of work, date beginning work, period of work and hour amount deemed as one
day work, but all these, by taking into consideration of sex, age, past record, religion,
behavior, intelligence, education, health, mind-condition, temperament, occupation,
envelopment or the fined person's offence-condition together, and Court will designate any
condition to the fined person to perform for amending, renewing or protecting such person
from committing offence again.
If after that, it appears to the Court that the circumstance in respect of Social Service work
or Public Interest Work of the fined person changed, the Court will change an order
designated as deemed advisable.
In determination of period of the hour time on behalf of the fine according to paragraph 3,
the provision of Section 30 shall be enforced mutatis mutandis and in case of the Court does
not designate the fined person to work thenceforward, the said work must be within the
period of two years as from the date beginning work designated by the Court.
On behalf of determination of hour time according to paragraph 3, President of the Supreme
Court shall be empowered in issuing a judiciary government rule of Court of Justice
determining an hour amount deemed as one clay-work for Social Service or Public Interest
each kind as deemed advisable.
(Section 30/1 amended by Section 7 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code (No.15), B.E.
2545)
Section 30/2
If afterwards, the Court issues an order granting the permission under Section 30/1, it
appears to the Court itself or according to prosecutor or official's statement that the fined
person has enough money to pay the fine, in the time to file a petition under Section 30/1
or violates or not to perform according to an order or a condition designated by the Court,
the Court will revoke an order premising as aforesaid and fine or detain on behalf of the fine
by deducting work day amount from fined money amount.
In the period of Social Service or Public Interest on behalf of the fine, if the fined person
does not desire to the said word thenceforward, it may be changed as the fine or detention
on behalf of the fine. In this case, the Court shall issue an order premising according to
petition by deducting a workday amount from the fined money amount.
(Section 30/2 amended by Section 7 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code (No.15), B.E.
2545)
Section 30/3
The Court's order under Section 30/1 and Section 30/2 shall come into an end.
(Section 30/3 amended by Section 7 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code (No.15), B.E.
2545)
Section 31
In case of the Court shall pass judgment inflicting the punishment of fine on several
offenders for the same offence and in the same case, the Court shall inflict the punishment
of fine on every individual offender.
Section 32
Any property is prescribed by the law that any person makes or processes to be an offence,
such property shall be forfeited wholly, irrespective of whether it belongs to the offender
and there is the person inflicted with the punishment according to judgment or not.
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