Other Property Offenses

Under Thai criminal law, one has to distinguish from simple theft many specific offenses in which theft exists as the base but accompanied with peculiar circumstances deemed to aggravate the offense and require an increased penalty. Simple theft – namely, such as is merely what we originally defined theft to be, and is unaccompanied with any of certain specified circumstances of aggravation – is punishable under Section 334 of the Penal Code imposing fine or imprisonment or both, depending upon the circumstances.