Section 13 In the event that the person who will provide information or fill out the questionnaire is unavailable, in accordance with the procedure, method, period of time defined in the Ministerial Regulations should be applied to obtain data.

Section 14 The agency shall coordinate with the National Statistics Office for the benefits in creating statistical network and developing important and timely statistical database of the country.

In the event that the National Statistics Office requires information from the survey or information from records, reports or any other documents that are in the possession of any agency, for conducting important and necessary statistics for country development, such agencies shall send that information to the National Statistics Office within thirty days as of the date notified by the National Statistics Office.

The information that the agency is required to submit under paragraph one or two shall not disclose the name of the person providing the information unless such person has given consent in writing or such information is already disclosed or accessible to the public.

Section 15 Personal information obtained under this act shall be strictly considered confidential. A person who performs his or her duty hereunder or a person who has the duty of maintaining such information cannot disclose it to anyone who doesn't have a duty hereunder except in the case that:

(1) Such disclosure is for the purpose of any investigation or legal proceedings in a case relating to an offense hereunder.
(2) Such disclosure is for the use of agencies in the preparation, analysis or research of statistics provided that such disclosure does not cause damage to the information owner and does not identify or disclose the data owner.

Section 16 By virtue of Sections 14 and 15, anyone performing duties in an agency or the National Statistics Office shall not use the personal information provided by the owner or given in the questionnaire for any purpose other than the statistical analysis or research.

Section 17 For all the information that can be disclosed, the National Statistics Office may provide such information as a service to the general public. The cost, as appropriate as for statistical service, may be charged according to the criteria and rates prescribed by the National Statistics Office.

Section 18 Any person who fails to provide information or fill out the questionnaire in accordance with the method prescribed in the notification under Section 10, or fails to return the completed questionnaires to the competent officer or an agency within the period specified in the notification under Section 10 (4) , or fails to accommodate the competent officer performing his/her duty under Section 12 shall be liable for a fine of not exceeding three thousand Baht.

Section 19 Any person with the duty to provide information under Section 11 who provides false information shall be liable for imprisonment of not exceeding three months or a fine of not exceeding five thousand Baht, or both.

Section 20 Any person who violates Section 15 or Section 16 shall be liable for imprisonment of not exceeding one year or a fine of not exceeding twenty thousand Baht, or both.

Section 21 All Ministerial Regulations, notifications or regulations issued by virtue of the Statistics Act B.E. 2508 and are in force on the date this Act is published in the Government Gazette shall continue to take effect so long as they are not in conflict with or in contrary to the provisions of this Act, until the Ministerial Regulations, notifications or regulations hereunder are issued.

Section 22 The ICT Minister shall be in charge of the enforcement of this Act and shall have the power to issue Ministerial Regulations to carry out this Act.

Such Ministerial Regulations shall come into force when published in the Government Gazette.

Countersigned
General Surayud Chulanont
Prime Minister

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