Technology Crime Emergency Decree is Effective in Thailand 科技犯罪緊急法令在泰國生效

Thai government published an amendment to the Emergency Decree of Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Technological Crimes in the Government Gazette on 12 April 2025. The effective date was on the following day. The draft is designed to boost online safety and crack down on scams and digital fraud.

泰國政府於2025年4月12日在政府公報公佈《關於預防和打擊科技犯罪措施的緊急法令》修正案，並於次日生效。該草案旨在加強網路安全並打擊詐騙和數位詐欺。

Rationale and Necessity for Restricting Individual Rights and Freedoms under This Emergency Decree

緊急法令限制個人權利和自由的理由和必要性

The restriction of individual rights and freedoms under this Emergency Decree is justified by the need to protect honest citizens who have been deceived and suffered financial losses through phone scams or electronic methods. These scams occur in large numbers daily and involve extremely high financial damages. Therefore, it is necessary to implement urgent and effective measures to prevent and suppress such crimes swiftly.

此緊急法令對個人權利和自由的限制是為了保護因電話詐騙或電子方式受到欺騙並遭受經濟損失的誠實公民。這些詐騙案每天都在發生，而且涉及極高的經濟損失。因此，必須採取緊急有效措施，迅速預防和打擊此類犯罪。

This situation constitutes an emergency that is both urgent and unavoidable. It is essential for maintaining national security, public safety, and economic stability. The issuance of this Emergency Decree complies with the conditions stipulated in Section 26 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand.

此情況緊急且不可避免。這對於維護國家安全、公共安全和經濟穩定至關重要。頒布緊急法令符合泰國憲法第26條規定的條件。

The draft contains several key revisions, such as narrowing the business operators subject to the decree’s requirements, reducing operators’ obligations, and establishing collaboration between relevant stakeholders to tackle technology crime.

草案包含幾項關鍵修訂，例如縮小受該法令要求約束的經營者範圍、減少經營者的義務以及建立相關利益攸關方之間的合作以打擊技術犯罪。

Entities to the Draft: business operators regulated under the draft are financial institution, payment service providers, digital asset business, telcos, and social media platform service providers.

草案監管主體：草案監管的經營者包括金融機構、支付服務提供者、數位資產業者、電信業者、社群媒體平台服務供應商。

Suspension: the draft remove the complex transaction suspension procedure and leave space for business-specific regulators (namely, Bank of Thailand, Securities and Exchange Commission, NBTC) to impose various technology crime suspension requirements on business operators under their supervision. The Center for Prevention and Suppression of Technology Crimes can also notify financial institutions and business operators of names or digital asset wallet addresses that may be related to technology crime, triggering an obligation to suspend the accounts.

暫停：草案取消複雜的交易暫停程序，為特定業務監管機構(即泰國銀行、證券交易委員會、NBTC)對其監管的業務運營商施加各種技術犯罪暫停要求留下空間。預防及打擊技術犯罪中心還可以將可能與技術犯罪有關的姓名或數位資產錢包地址通知金融機構和企業營運商，從而觸發暫停帳戶的義務。

Increase of Non-Compliance Penalties: imprisonment and fines will be imposed on financial institutions or businesses violating the law and individuals involved in trading phone numbers or collecting/disclosing personal data for criminal purposes. Violators may face a fine of up to 500,000 Thai Baht, in addition to potential imprisonment, depending on the severity of the offense.

增加違規處罰：對違反法律的金融機構或企業以及參與交易電話號碼或為犯罪目的收集/披露個人資料的個人將被處以監禁和罰款。根據違法行為的嚴重程度，違法者可能面臨最高 50 萬泰銖的罰款，甚至可能被判入獄。

Shares Liability: even though digital platform service providers are not in the scope of business operators under the draft, online social media platform operators are still jointly accountable with other operators (namely, financial institutions, business operators, and related service providers) for damages from technology crime. Operators have to provide their compliance with technology crime standards and measures stipulated by their regulators to release from the liability.

共擔責任：雖然數位平台服務提供者不屬於草案規定的經營者範圍，但網路社群媒體平台業者仍需與其他業者(即金融機構、經營者、相關服務提供者)對科技犯罪造成的損害承擔連帶責任。運營商必須遵守監管機構規定的技術犯罪標準和措施，以免除責任。

The draft will be sent to Parliament for approval, if approved, the draft will become equivalent to regular Act for Parliament. If rejected, the draft will cease to have legal effect.

草案將送交議會批准，如果獲得批准，此草案將相當於議會的常規法案。如果被否決，草案將失去法律效力。

Rationale for the Issuance of this Emergency Decree:

發布本緊急法令的理由：

It has been found that proceeds from technology-related criminal activities are being used to purchase and trade digital assets, making it difficult to trace and suspend such transactions. Additionally, telecommunications services have been used as tools to facilitate technology crimes. There have also been cases involving the misuse of personal data, including data of deceased persons, for the commission of such crimes.

研究發現，與科技相關犯罪活動的收益被用於購買和交易數位資產，這使得追蹤和中止此類交易變得困難。此外，電信服務也被用作技術犯罪的工具。還有一些案件涉及濫用個人資料、包括亡者的資料，來實施此類犯罪。

Therefore, it is necessary to establish additional measures to prevent and suppress technology crimes in these circumstances. This includes the establishment of the Center for the Prevention and Suppression of Technology Crimes, as well as implementation of processes to ensure the prompt return of funds to victims. Furthermore, the decree provides for shared liability for damages arising from such crimes to support victim compensation, along with the imposition of relevant penalties.

因此，在這種情況有必要製定額外措施來預防和打擊技術犯罪。其中包括建立預防和打擊技術犯罪中心，以及實施確保及時向受害者返還資金的流程。此外，法令還規定對此類犯罪造成的損害承擔共同責任，以支持對受害者的補償，並施加相應的處罰。

This situation constitutes an emergency that is urgent and unavoidable. It is necessary to implement such measures to ensure the prevention and suppression of technology crimes for the sake of national security, public safety, and the country’s economic stability. It is, therefore, imperative to issue this Emergency Decree.

這種情況構成緊急且不可避免的緊急情況。必須實施這些措施，確保預防和打擊科技犯罪，並維護國家安全、公共安全和國家經濟穩定。因此，必須頒布此緊急法令。

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