Thailand Immigration Act B.E.2522 (Sections 23-33)
Chapter 3
Conveyance
Section 23. The owner or the person in charge of a conveyance shall bring the conveyance into or out of the Kingdom through ports of entry, immigration checkpoints, terminal areas, stations, or localities, and at the prescribed times as published in the Government Gazette by the Minister.
Section 24. The competent official shall have the authority to inspect conveyances entering or leaving the Kingdom, or to check conveyances under reasonable suspicion that passengers are being taken in or out of the Kingdom, except in cases where such conveyance is used for official activities of the Government of Thailand or of a foreign government with permission from the Government of Thailand.
Section 25. When any conveyance enters or leaves the Kingdom, the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance shall report the date and time of arrival or departure of the conveyance at the terminal, station, or locality in accordance with the form prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations to the competent official at the immigration office controlling the terminal, station, or locality within the specified time as published by the competent official.
In the event of non-compliance with the provisions of paragraph one, the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance shall, in person, without delay, report to the competent official at the nearest immigration office.
If deemed appropriate, the Minister may grant an exemption from the reporting requirement under this Section or impose compliance conditions on certain conveyances.
Section 26. The owner or the person in charge of any conveyance entering or leaving the Kingdom shall submit a list in accordance with the form prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations. This list shall be inspected by the competent official at the location and under the conditions published by the Director-General.
If the inspection must be conducted at a location other than that published by the Director-General under paragraph one of this Section, it must be permitted by the Director-General or a competent official designated by the Director-General.
Section 27. For the purpose of inspection, the owner or the person in charge of any conveyance entering or leaving the Kingdom shall:
Prevent passengers or crew from leaving the conveyance or the premises arranged with the approval of the competent official until permission is granted by the competent official, except in cases where the person in charge and the crew of the conveyance are the same person. In such cases, the person in charge of the conveyance is allowed to leave the conveyance to notify the competent official in accordance with Section 25. If the passengers or crew of the conveyance do not comply or cause a disturbance, the provisions of Section 29, paragraph two shall apply mutatis mutandis. The expense for the operations under this paragraph shall be borne by the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance.
Submit to the competent official a list of passengers and a list of the crew of the conveyance, including the person in charge of the conveyance, according to the form prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations, within the period prescribed and notified by the Director-General or a competent official.
Provide facilitation to the competent official for the execution of this Act.
The provisions of this Section shall apply to the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance bringing the conveyance from or to the border with linking passage to another country and conveying passengers into the Kingdom or taking passengers to the border to leave the Kingdom.
Section 28. While in the Kingdom, if there is an increase or decrease in the number of crew members or a change of crew members of the conveyance entering or leaving the Kingdom, or if any crew member of the conveyance does not leave the Kingdom, the owner of the conveyance, or the person in charge of the conveyance in case the owner is not in the Kingdom, shall notify the competent official in accordance with the form prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
If the crew members of the conveyance do not leave the Kingdom as mentioned in paragraph one and the crew members are aliens, the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance, as the case may be, shall bring them to the competent official without delay. If the crew members do not comply with the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance in the course of operation under the provisions of paragraph two, the provisions of Section 29, paragraph two shall apply mutatis mutandis. The expense for the operation under this paragraph shall be borne by the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance.
Section 29. When the competent official discovers any alien being prohibited from entering the Kingdom or has a reasonable suspicion that an alien is prohibited from entering the Kingdom, the competent official shall have the power to order the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance to detain the alien in the conveyance, or to send the alien to a place for detention and interrogation by the competent official, or to send the alien out of the Kingdom.
If the alien mentioned in paragraph one does not comply or causes a disturbance, the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance or their agent may request the assistance of administrative or police officers to detain or arrest the alien. If such assistance cannot be immediately obtained, they shall have the power to arrest and hand the alien over to administrative or police officers, who shall without delay turn the alien over to the competent official for action under this Act. The expense for operations under this paragraph shall be borne by the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance.
Section 30. In a case where there is a reasonable suspicion of a violation of this Act, the competent official shall have the power to order the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance to stop the conveyance or to take it to any place necessary for inspection. The order under this paragraph may be made by signal or any other understandable means.
Section 31. For any conveyance entering the Kingdom, from the time it has entered until the competent official has completed the inspection, no person who is not a competent official having duty with the conveyance shall board the conveyance or bring another conveyance alongside or enter the area or premises arranged for the inspection, except as permitted by the competent official. The owner or the person in charge of the conveyance shall not consent to or be negligent in allowing any such actions.
Section 32. For any conveyance leaving the Kingdom, during the time the competent official is conducting the inspection or after the inspection is completed, if the conveyance is still in the Kingdom, no person who is not a competent official having duty with the conveyance shall board the conveyance or bring another conveyance alongside, except as permitted by the competent official. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the area or premises arranged for the inspection while the people leaving the Kingdom have not yet boarded the conveyance. The owner or the person in charge of the conveyance shall not consent to or be negligent in allowing any such actions.
Section 33. In a case where a competent official has to conduct an inspection of a conveyance during non-official hours, at places other than those published by the Director-General under Section 26, paragraph one, or needs to be away from office premises to detain such conveyance, or is required to wait to conduct an inspection not caused by the fault of the competent official, the owner or the person in charge of the conveyance shall bear working fees and other expenses as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
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