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 In a case in which an appellate court gives a judgment reaffirming [a judgment or order of] a lower court or merely making insignificant revisions to it and punishing the accused with imprisonment of not over five years, or a fine, or both imprisonment and a fine when the imprisonment is not over five years, no party shall make a final appeal on questions of fact.

In a case in which the original court and an appellate court have given judgments dismissing the charge on points of facts, the prosecutor shall be prohibited from making a final appeal.

In a case in which the original court has sentenced the accused to imprisonment of not over one year, or a fine of not over a thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and fine, even though the appellate court gives a judgment making significant revisions to it, if the appellate court still inflict upon the accused a punishment not over the said limit, no party shall make a final appeal on questions of fact.

In a case in which a final appeal is prohibited by section 218, 219, or 220 of this Code, if any judge trying the case before, or signing the judgment of, or making a dissenting opinion in the court of first instance or appellate court considers that the matters decided give rise to important questions which should be sent up to the highest court and permits the final appeal, or the Director General of the Public Prosecution Department signs the final appeal, confirming that there is an