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**Gubocang** · 09-21-2012, 10:07 PM

This is actully quite common. The large payment isn't much to do with you being a foreigner. A couple of months ago the parents of a grade 9 student threatened to take her boyfriend to court for sleeping with her. He is in the same class. They demanded a large payment.

There is an escape clause if someone sleeps with a girl under 15 according to section 277 of the criminal code:

“If the offender being the man commits against the girl over thirteen but not yet over fifteen years of age with her consent and the court grants such man and girl to marry together afterwards, the offender shall not be punished for such offense. If the Court grants them to marry together during the time the offender is imprisoned, the Court shall release such offender.” Source: thai-blogs.com

09-21-2012, 10:07 PM	#4
Gubocang Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	This is actully quite common. The large payment isn't much to do with you being a foreigner. A couple of months ago the parents of a grade 9 student threatened to take her boyfriend to court for sleeping with her. He is in the same class. They demanded a large payment. There is an escape clause if someone sleeps with a girl under 15 according to section 277 of the criminal code: “If the offender being the man commits against the girl over thirteen but not yet over fifteen years of age with her consent and the court grants such man and girl to marry together afterwards, the offender shall not be punished for such offense. If the Court grants them to marry together during the time the offender is imprisoned, the Court shall release such offender.” Source: thai-blogs.com
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