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Whoever makes an imputation against another person before a third person in a manner likely to subject such other person to disrepute, insult, or hatred, commits an offence of defamation and shall be punished with imprisonment not over six months, or a fine not over one thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine.

Whoever makes an imputation against a dead person before a third person commits an offence of defamation and shall be punished as prescribed in section 326 when the imputation is likely to cause disrepute, insult, or hatred to the father, mother, spouse, or child of the dead person.

⁠⁠If the offence of defamation is committed by publication through a document, drawing, painting, film, picture or letter made available by any means, phonograph record, or other audio recording; committed by broadcasting of sound; or committed by any other means of publicity; the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not over one year, or a fine not over two thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine.