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 shall be punished with imprisonment not over ten years, or a fine not over twenty thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine, if he later knows that it has been so forged or altered and he still utters it.

Whoever makes a tool or object for forgery or alteration of currency, whether in the form of coin, note, or anything which the Government issues or authorises to be issued, or for forgery or alteration of a government bond or coupon for receipt of interest from such bond, or possesses the said tool or object for use in forgery or alteration, shall be punished with imprisonment from five years to fifteen years and a fine from ten thousand baht to thirty thousand baht.

If any such act as said in this chapter relates to currency, whether in the form of coin, note, or any other thing, which a foreign government issues or authorises to be issued, or relates to a foreign government bond or coupon for receipt of interest from such bond, the offender shall be punished with one half of the punishment prescribed in the section concerned.

If the offender under section 240, section 241, or section 247 has also committed the offence under a different section of this chapter in relation to the thing he has forged or altered,