Section 11
Upon receipt a request for assistance from a foreign state, the Central Authority shall consider and determine whether such request is eligible for the providing of assistance under this Act and has followed the process correctly as well as accompanied by all appropriate supporting documents.

If such request is eligible for the providing of assistance, and in line with the process, as well as accompanied by all appropriate supportingdocuments, the Central Authority shall transmit the said request to the Competent Authorities for further execution.

If such request is not eligible for the providing of assistance, or must be subject to some essential conditions before the assistance is provided, if it is not in line with the process or has not been accompanied by all appropriate supporting documents required, the Central Authority shall refuse to provide assistance and notify the Requesting State the reasons thereof, or indicate the required conditions, or the causes of impossibility to execute the request.
If the Central Authority is of the view that the execution of a request may interfere with the investigation, inquiry, prosecution, or other criminal proceeding pending its handling in Thailand, he may postpone the execution of the said request or may execute it under certain conditions set by him and notify the Requesting State thereabout.
A determination of the Central Authority with regard to the providing of assistance shall be final, unless otherwise alterated by the Prime Minister.

Section 12
The Central Authority shall transmit the request for assistance from a foreign state to the following Competent Authorities for execution :
(1) The request for taking statement of persons, or providing documents, articles, and evidence out of Court, the request for serving documents, the request for searches, the request for seizures documents or articles, and the request for locating persons shall be transmitted to the Director General of the Police Department;
(2) The request for taking the testimony of persons and witnesses or adducing document and evidence in the Court, as well as the request for forfeiture or seizure of properties shall be transmitted to the Chief Public Prosecutor for Litigation;
(3) The request for transferring persons in custody for testimonial purposes shall be transmitted to the Director General of the Correctional Department.
(4) The request for initiating criminal proceedings shall be transmitted to the Director General of the Police Department and the Chief Public Prosecutor for Litigation.

Section 13
Upon receipt a request for assistance from the Central Authority, the Competent Authorities shall execute such request and, after completion, submit a report together with all documents and articles concerned to the Central Authority.

In case of impediment or impossibility to execute the request, the Competent Authorities shall report to the Central Authority the causes thereof.

Section 14
When the Competent Authorities finished the execution of a request and have already reported to the Central Authority, the Central Authority shall notify the result thereof as well as deliver all documents and articles concerned to the Requesting State.

PART 2 Inquiry and Producing Evidence

Section 15
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to take statement of persons or gathering evidence located in Thailand at the stage of inquiry, the Competent Authorities shall direct an inquiry official to execute such request.

The Inquiry Official shall have authority to take statement of persons or gathering evidence as requested under paragraph one and, if necessary, to search and seize any document or article in accordance with rules, means, and conditions set forth in the Criminal Procedure Code.

When the taking statement of persons or gathering evidence has been finished, the Inquiry Official shall report and deliver all evidence derived therefrom to the Competent Authorities.

Section 16
If the mutual assistance treaty between Thailand and the Requesting State requires a document to be authenticated, the Competent Authorities shall have the power to instruct the person in charge of keeping the said document to attest it in accordance with the forms and means specified in the treaty or as defined by the Central Authority.

Section 17
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to take the testimony of witness in Thai Court, the Central Authority shall direct the public prosecutor to execute such request.

The Public Prosecutor shall have the power to apply to the Court having jurisdiction over the domicile or residence of the person who will be the witness or who has in possession or keep the documents or other evidence, and request for the testimony or adducing of the evidence, and the Court shall have the power to try the case conforming to the provisions enshrined in the Criminal Procedure Code.

After the completion of testimony, the Public Prosecutor shall apply to the court requesting for the record of testimony as well as other evidence and deliver all to the Central Authority for further operation.

PART 3 Providing of Documents and Information in the Possession of Government Agencies

Section 18
Upon receipt the request for assistance from a foreign state to provide documents or information in the possession of the agencies of the Royal Thai Government, the Central Authority shall transmit the request to the agency having such documents or information in its possession, and the said agency shall submit the said documents or information to the Central Authority.

Section 19
If the documents or information sought under Section 18 are those should not be published and the agency maintaining such documents or information considers it impossible to disclose or should not disclose the said documents or information, or possible to disclose them under certain conditions, the said agency shall acknowledge the Central Authority the causes of impossibility or the conditions required for the disclosure of such documents or information.

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