Section 22 Any person who does not comply with Section 11 shall be fined not exceeding 4,000 Baht.

(Provisions of Section 23 shall be repealed by Section 13 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 23. Any person who resists or obstructs the plant quarantine official from performing his duties under Section 12 or Section 13 (1) (2) or (4) or does not comply with the order of the plant quarantine official under Section 13(3) shall be imprisoned not exceeding six months, or fined not exceeding 10,000 Baht, or both.

(Provisions of Section 24 shall be repealed by Section 13 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 24 Any person who disobeys or obstructs the plant quarantine official from performing his duties under Section 19 paragraph 2 shall be imprisoned not exceeding six months, or fined not exceeding 10,000 Baht, or both.

(Provisions of Section 25 shall be repealed by Section 13 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 25 For all the offences under this Act that are only punishment by fine, the Director-General or any person appointed by him shall have the authority to perform administrative fine.

(Provisions of Section 26 shall be repealed by Section 13 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 26 For all plants, plant pests or carriers under this Act which are not imported through plant quarantine station or imported or brought in transit in violation of this Act in any respect, or those which are objects of offences in connection with the plant pest controlled area as provided in Section 8 Section 9 Section 14 or Section 18 shall be confiscated regardless of whether any person is convicted by the order of the court. All articles confiscated by the order of the court shall belong to the Department of Agriculture to be managed under its discretion.

(Provisions of Section 27 shall be repealed by Section 14 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 and the following shall be implemented.)

Section 27 The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives shall be in charge of the execution of this Act, and shall have the authority to appoint the plant quarantine official, to issue Ministerial Regulations fixing administrative fees not
exceeding the rates annexed hereto, to prescribe fees, to grant exemption of administrative fees and to prescribe other activities for carrying out this Act.

Such Ministerial Regulations shall become effective upon their publication in the Government Gazette.

(The List of Administrative Fees shall be repealed by Section 22 of the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 and the following shall be implemented.)

Rate of Administrative Fees
(1) An import and transit permits of prohibited articles 200 Baht per each
(2) An import and export permits of plant germplasms 200 Baht per each
(3) A phytosanitary certificate 200 Baht per each
(4) A phytosanitary certificate for re-export 200 Baht per each
(5) A health certificate 200 Baht per each
(6) Substitute certificate of phytosanitary certificate 100 Baht per each
(7) Substitute certificate of phytosanitary certificate for re-export 100 Bath per each
(8) Substitute certificate of health certificate 100 Baht per each

Countersigned by :
Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn
Prime Minister

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Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (1964): The Government Gazette, Vol. 81, Part 27, dated 21 March B.E. 2507 (1964).
• Plant Quarantine Act (No.2) B.E. 2542 (1999): The Government Gazette, Vol. 116, Part 39a, dated 18 May B.E. 2542 (1999).
• Plant Quarantine Act (No. 3) B.E. 2551 (2008): The Government Gazette, Vol. 125, Part 40a, dated 1 March B.E. 2551 (2008).
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• This is an English translation. In case of any difference in meaning between the Thai text and the English translation, the Thai text shall be applied.