[ section 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] Chapter I Information Disclosure [ section 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ] Chapter II Information Not Subject to Disclosure [ section 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ] Chapter III Personal Information [ section 21 22 23 24 25 ] Chapter IV Historical information [ section 26 ] Chapter V Official Information Board [ section 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 ] Chapter VI Information Disclosure Tribunals [ section 35 36 37 38 39 ] Chapter VII Penalties [ section 40 41 ] Transitory Provisions [ section 42 43 ] OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT, B.E. 2540 --------------------------------------------BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, REX. Given on the 2nd Day of September B.E. 2540; Being the 52nd Year of the Present Reign. His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej is graciously pleased to proclaim that: Whereas it is expedient to have the law on official information; Be it, therefore, enacted by the King, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly, as follows: Section 1. This Act is called the "Official Information Act, B.E. 2540 (1997)." Section 2. This Act shall come into force after ninety days from the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. Section 3. All other laws, by-laws, Rules and regulations, insofar as they deal with matters provided herein or are contrary hereto or inconsistent herewith, shall be replaced by this Act. Section 4. In this Act: "information" means a material which communicates matters, facts, data or anything, whether such communication is made by the nature of such material itself or through any means whatsoever and whether it is arranged in the form of a document, file, report, book, diagramme, map, drawing, photograph, film, visual or sound recording, or recording by a computer or any other method which can be displayed; "official information" means an information in possession or control of a State agency, whether it is the information relating to the operation of the State or the information relating to a private individual;