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 In the event that the maximum rate of punishment carried by the criminal offence committed is imprisonment of not over six months, or a fine of not over five hundred baht, or both the imprisonment and fine, the court has the power to detain him once for a period of not over fifteen days.

In a different case, the court has the power to detain him on several and successive occasions not over fifteen days each and not over three months in total at most.

In the event that the period of detention ends, the court shall issue a warrant of release for the alleged offender, save where a public prosecutor has submitted a charge against the alleged offender or a public prosecutor or inquiry official applies for continuation of his detention.

From the time an accused detained by virtue of a court warrant is charged, the court may continue to detain him or provisionally release him.

A warrant of detention or warrant of imprisonment must be executed in the territory of the court issuing it.

When any person is claimed to be under custody or detention which is contrary to the law or imprisonment which is contrary to the judgment of a court, the following persons have the power to move to the court for his release, namely—