Chinese new year in Pattaya
I have lived here for 15 years so I will help you guys to understand. Chinese new year is on the official Thailand holiday calendar. However, it is not a government holiday and businesses can choose to provide it or not. They are obligated to provide 13 public holidays per year. Some business owners will give this off for their staff. Especially if the owner of the Comapny is of Chinese descent. Thais love to celebrate Chinese new year in a similar fashion as they celebrate Christmas. It's just an excuse to party for them. Chinese Thais will celebrate it a little more conventionally, but more often than not, it's not treated as a big holiday like it is in China and Hong Kong.
I will provide some Pattaya reports soon as I will be going there soon. In about 3 weeks or so. Now I'm still in Bangkok.
Where is the part that addresses the act of prostitution between consenting adults?
[QUOTE=EverythingThai;2969503]You are correct.
Maybe Rocko20 cant but I can. You are wrong Philip Marlow. Please read below.
You are wrong. Prostitution is clearly illegal as well as profiting from it. My colleagues at Siam legal summarize it very nicely here. If you don't know, don't say. The reason you think it's legal is because it is not enforced in many situations, but the laws are clear. Prostitution is illegal in Pattaya and everywhere in Thailand.
Please read.
Although it's a misconception that prostitution is legalized in Thailand due to popular perception and how openly it is promoted, Thai laws are very much against it. Neither prostitution nor solicitation is legal in Thailand, and there are serious consequences for taking part in it. Regardless of how relaxed the laws may seem to outsiders, it is very much still possible to be fined or prosecuted for soliciting prostitution in Thailand, so it is not recommended for anyone to get involved in the sex industry.
Laws Concerning Prostitution.
There are three primary acts that make prostitution illegal in Thailand:
1. The Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act:
This Act prohibits both male and female prostitution in public places and brothels and classifies prostitution as illegal. Anyone who is caught offering sexual services will be fined a minimum of 1,000 THB. Penalties for those supervising them, such as brothel owners, are higher, as this Act is not focused on punishing the sex workers themselves.
2. The Penal Code Amendment Act:
Section 286 of the Penal Code Amendment Act states that anyone over the age of 16 who subsists on the earnings of a prostitute will be imprisoned for 7 to 20 years and fined from 14,000 to 40,000 THB. Convicted offenders can even be imprisoned for life.
This does not apply to those who rely on financial support from a prostitute who is required by law or morality to provide it.
3. The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act:
This Act criminalizes all forms of human trafficking, including sex trafficking which involves the recruitment, transfer, and exploitation of individuals for the purpose of forced prostitution. The Act also imposes severe penalties on those who assist and patronize the traffickers.
Fines and Penalties.
To demonstrate what is prohibited and what is not and the consequences that come from infractions, below are two of the many laws stated in the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act:
Section 6: Anyone who associates with another person in a prostitution establishment for the purpose of prostitution will be imprisoned for up to 1 month and fined no more than 1,000 THB. Penalties increase after repeated offenses, and deportation and blacklisting from Thailand are also possible. Furthermore, should the solicitation violate other laws and codes, as detailed below, the penalties can accumulate.
Section 8: Anyone who has sexual intercourse with or acts otherwise against a person over the age of 15 but under 18 in a prostitution establishment, with or without their consent, will be imprisoned for up to 3 years and fined between 20,000 to 60,000 THB. However, if it's sexual intercourse with a minor (under the age of 15), the offender will be imprisoned for 2 to 6 years and fined between 40,000 to 120,000 THB.
Below are a few of the laws taken from the Penal Code:
Section 277: Sexual intercourse with a minor (under the age of 15) who is neither the wife nor the husband will result in imprisonment for 4 to 20 years.
Section 279: Anyone who commits an act of indecency to a minor (under the age of 15) will be imprisoned for up to 10 years and face a fine of 20,000 THB. If the act of indecency was committed through threat, violence, or fraud, the offender will be imprisoned for up to 15 years and fined no more than 30,000 THB.
Section 280: Anyone who commits an act of indecency to a minor (under the age of 15) and causes bodily harm will be imprisoned for 5 to 20 years and fined between 10,000 to 40,000 THB. If this results in the death of the minor, the offender will receive a death sentence or lifetime imprisonment.
Section 282: Anyone who procures, seduces, or takes a male or female in order to gratify the sexual desire of a third party without their consent will be imprisoned for up to 10 years and fined up to 2,000 to 20,000 THB. If that person is over the age of 15 but under 18, then the offender will be imprisoned for 3 to 15 years and fined between 6,000 to 30,000 THB.
Pay close attention to number 1 and section 6 and section 8.
Now this is the Pattaya section so I hope this puts this issue to rest and we can move on.[/QUOTE]You have posted this before, several of us have read it, all of it, and we have yet to see the part that says the act of exchanging sex for money between or among consenting adults is illegal. And you have yet to highlight or quote the specific passage that states the act of exchanging sex for money between or among consenting adults is illegal. We're not talking about this idea of publicly and openly soliciting it, forcing someone into doing it or procuring someone to do it for somene else. Or anyone other than consenting adults.
We're talking about consenting adults discretely discussing it, deciding to do it and going to a private room to do it.
That specific "Act of Prostitution" is simply not addressed in your list. Yet, it would be blissfully simple to find and post the words that say so.
Here is another place where those clear and simple words are never stated. You'll want to check out every section and word in Title IX:
[B]Criminal Law in Thailand[/B]
[URL]https://www.thailandlawonline.com/table-of-contents/criminal-law-translation-thailand-penal-code[/URL]
Again, if you find a statement anywhere in Title IX or elsewhere in that link that clearly states that the specific act of exchanging sex for money between or among consenting adults is illegal, please cite that section number and quote it exactly.
The same as in the list you posted, I have carefully read Title IX several times by now and the statement I am looking for is simply not there.
In fact, the entirety of The Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, The Penal Code Amendment Act and The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act as shown in your list would scarcely be needed if elsewhere in your list, the Thai Penal Code or in the Criminal Law of Thailand link it simply said "Exchanging Sex For Money Is Illegal In Thailand. " But it doesn't.
There would then be no need to clarify or parse words about "public places and brothels. " Why no mention of hotel rooms, apartments, condos and houses? How about using the word "anywhere"?
The bit about anyone "subsisting on the earnings of a prostitute" or anything about "the recruitment, transfer, and exploitation of individuals for the purpose of forced prostitution" are addendum to the idea that have been in The Thai Penal Code for years. But none of that makes an otherwise unmentioned act of prostitution between or among consenting adults more illegal.
