Chapter 3 Jurisdictions of Courts
Title 3 Criminal Prosecutions and Penal Actions
Chapter 1 Criminal Prosecutions
🧡Chapter 3 Jurisdictions of Courts
Section 22 When an offence has, or is alleged-ถูกกล่าวหา or believed to have, been committed inside the district of any court, the offence shall be subject to jurisdiction of such court, save:
Where the defendant is residing or has been arrested, or the inquiry has been held, in any locality outside the district of such court, in which event may the offence be tried and adjudicated by the court having jurisdiction over such locality.
Where the offence has been committed outside the Kingdom of Thailand, in which event shall the offence be tried and adjudicated by the Criminal Court and, had the inquiry been held in a locality subject to the jurisdiction of any court, by such court also.
Title 3 Criminal Prosecutions and Penal Actions (s 28-51)
💙Chapter 1 Criminal Prosecutions(s 28-39)
Section 28 The followings are entitled to institute criminal prosecution in court:
The public prosecutor.
The victim.
Section 29 If the victim dies following having instituted a prosecution, the deceased’s ascendant, descendant or spouse may proceed with the case in his stead.If the victim who is a minor, insane person or incompetent person dies following his statutory agent, custodian or representative ad litem having brought a prosecution on his behalf, the latter may proceed with the case.
Section 30 In respect of a public prosecution, the victim may, by motion, associate himself as prosecutor at any stage of the trial before the court of first instance but prior to the delivery of judgment.