CHAPTER 2 MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE Section 147 Whoever, being an official having the duty of purchasing, manufacturing, managing or keeping any thing, dishonestly misappropriates the same for his own or the other person, or dishonestly allows the other person to misappropriate the same, shall be punished with imprisonment of five to twenty years or imprisonment for life, and fine of two thousand to forty thousand Baht. (Section 147 amended by Section 3 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code, B.E. 2502) Section 148 Whoever, to be the official, by a wrongful exercise of one's functions, to coerce or to induce any person to deliver or to procure the property or any other benefit for oneself or other person, shall be imprisoned as from five years to twenty years or to life imprisonment, and fined as from two thousand Baht to forty thousand Baht, or both. (Section 148 amended by Sections 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment Act, B.E. 2502) Section 149 Whoever, being an official, member of the State legislative Assembly, member of the Changwat Assembly or member of the Municipal Assembly, wrongfully demands, accepts or agrees to accept for himself or the other person a property or any other benefit for exercising or not exercising any of his functions, whether such exercise or non-exercise of his functions is wrongful or not, shall be punished with imprisonment of five to twenty years or imprisonment for life, and fined of two thousand to forty thousand Baht, or death. (Section 149 amended by Section 5 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code, B.E. 2502) Section 150 Whoever, to be the official performing or not performing any act in one's own function in consideration of the property or any other benefit demanded, accepted or agreed to accept by oneself before to be appointed as official in that post, shall be imprisoned as from five years to twenty years or life imprisonment, and fined as from two thousand Baht to forty thousand Baht. (Section 150 amended by Section 6 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code, B.E. 2502) Section 151 Whoever, to be the official to have the duty in the purchase, execution, management or maintenance of any thing by a wrongful exercise of one's functions damaging the State, the Municipality, the Sanitation or the owner of such property, shall be imprisoned as form five years to twenty year or life imprisonment and fined as from two thousand Baht to forty thousand Baht. (Section 151 amended by Section 7 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code, B.E. 2502) Section 152 Whoever, being an official having the duty of managing or looking after any activity, takes the interest for the benefit of himself or the other person concerning such activity, shall be punished with imprisonment of one to ten years and fine of two thousand to twenty thousand Baht. (Section 152 amended by Section 8 of the Act Amending the Criminal Code, B.E. 2502) Section 153 Whoever, to be official to have the duty to defray chose, having defrayed such chose more than what should be defrayed chose, having defrayed such chose more than what should be www.ThaiLaws.com 36