The Council of State (“COS”) published a draft bill (“Bill”) to amend the Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (1994) as amended by the Copyright Acts No. 2 B.E. 2558 (2015), No. 3 B.E. 2558 (2015) and No. 4 B.E. 2561 (2018) (“CA”) for public hearings from 10 to 30 September 2019. The Bill proposes replacing the… Read More
Effective from 28th August 2019, the Ministerial Regulation on Determination of Minimum Capital and Period of Time for Bringing in or Remitting Minimum Capital into Thailand B.E. 2562 issued by the Ministry of Commerce under the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) (“FBA”) requires foreigners who are holders or non-holders of a Foreign Business License… Read More
The 2019 amendment of the Narcotics Act B.E. 2522 (1979) (“NA”) entered into force on and from 19th February 2019 (“Effective Date”) allowing uses of cannabis for medicine and research and development (“R&D”) purposes. Subsequently, the relevant authorities have issued several rules to implement the amended NA. 1. Possession of Cannabis before the Effective… Read More
The Consumer Protection Act (No. 4) B.E. 2562 (2019) (“Amendment”) was passed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on 6th March 2019 to amend the Consumer Protection Act B.E. 2522 (1979) (“CPA”). It was published in the Government Gazette on 27th May 2019 and will come into force on and from 25th August 2019. The… Read More
On 24th June 2019, the Director-General of the Revenue Department issued its Notification on Stamp Duties (No. 58) re: Procedures for Payment of Stamp Duties in Cash for Electronic Instruments. The Notification is effective from 1st July 2019. The electronic instruments made in a form of electronic data for the following transactions under the Electronic… Read More
The Ministry of Commerce issued its Ministerial Regulation (No. 4) re: Service Businesses Not Subject Foreign Business License to Operate in Thailand dated 13th June 2019. The regulation was published in the Government Gazette on 25th June 2019. The following service businesses are exempted from the 49% foreign ownership limit under the Foreign Business Act… Read More