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    Public Health Act

    พระราชบัญญัติการสาธารณสุข · PHA · B.E. 2535 (1992)

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    PHA
    Civil & Commercial
    B.E. 2535 (1992)
    ~80 sections total

    Overview

    The Public Health Act B.E. 2535 (1992) regulates activities affecting public health. Local administrative organisations enforce. Activities of concern (food businesses, hazardous trades, animal husbandry, etc.) require local licences. The Act also covers sanitation, nuisance, and emergency public-health powers.

    Promulgating authority
    Parliament
    พระราชบัญญัติ
    Enacted
    B.E. 2535 (1992)
    Official text
    https://www.ocs.go.th/searchlaw

    Key Sections
    2

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    Section 31

    — Activities of concern

    Defined activities require local-administrative-organisation licence; categories set in Ministerial Regulation.

    licensing

    Section 71

    — Penalty — unlicensed hazardous business

    Operating a health-hazardous business without the required licence (Section 33) is punishable under Section 71 by up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine up to THB 50,000, or both; the full penalty range sits in Sections 68–85. (Section 63 is the local fee-setting power.)

    penalties

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