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“ If the state authority refuses to disclose the information about the person in custody, the requestor has the right to file with the court of the area where he is domiciled, the Criminal Court, or the provincial court of the locality believed to be the place where the act of torture occurs, the act of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment happens, or the person subjected to the enforced disappearance was last found, as the case may be, a petition for a court order mandating the disclosure of the said information. ”

“ In the event where a special case investigator inquires into a case of any offence under this Act, that case shall become a special case according to the law on investigation of special cases.
In the event that an inquiry is conducted by any other agency than a public prosecutor, the responsible inquiry official shall notify the public prosecutor of the causes of the case so that [the public prosecutor] would examine or supervise the inquiry instantly. ”

“ If the commission of the offence under paragraph 1 causes death to the victim, the offender incurs a penalty of imprisonment from fifteen years to thirty years, or imprisonment for life, and fine from three hundred thousand baht to one million baht.
Section38.If the offence under section 35 or section 36 is committed upon [20] a person aged not over eighteen years, a pregnant woman, a person with physical or mental disabilities, or a person incapable of self-dependence due to his age or illness, the offender incurs the penalty provided in such section, aggravated by one half. ”