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Court of Thailand

  • What is the Office of the Judiciary?
  • How to perform when going to court?
  • What can court public relation officers (Blue uniform) help you?
  • What to perform when sitting on a court room?
  • Precedures after receiving court order
  • What to do when being summoned to testify
  • What is giving testimory?

Court of Thailand

  • What is the Office of the Judiciary?

To guarantee the independence in the adjudication of cases, the court or justice needs to be independent for personnel administration, the budget work and other performances. Then the organization can be developed for the good administration system and mend narcotics the obstacles in former works to be finished. Therefore, the court the Constitution has ordered for the Court of Justice to be charged the independent public section, having status as a juristic person, such as Office of the Judiciary as the agency to work in regard of Court of Justice's general administration, such open-clo as making annual financial balance, financial administration, a result fc parcel work, personnel planning, building management, academic research, and judicial work support. The appearance permissio of these works is in compliance with the organization or bureau administration. In addition, the judicial work support is the main mission which will be driven forward with efficiency The Secretary-General of the Office of the judiciary is the chief responsible for work that wikk respond to the policy of Court of Justice in overall and directly under the supervision of the president of the Supreme Court.

  • How to perform when going to court?

How to conduct when arriving at the court

When getting into the court area, please behave as follows;

- Do not bring the weapon, narcotics and illegal goods into the court area, or you can be charged with Against the Court

Order and might be accused in the Criminal Case

- Do not make noises or brawl in the court, do not open-close the door often in during the proceedings, as a result for annoying others

- Do not take photos or record sound and video without

permission

-Do not smoke

-Do not talk sleep-sitting in the court room

-Do not use the cell phone

  • What can court public relation officers (Blue uniform) help you?  

At the present, if anyone has a chance to contact respect the Court of Justice all over the country, you will meet the Public Relation Officer, wearing blue uniform with the name is a mu on the left chest welcoming you with answering your questions newspa and giving services and suggestion in applying the provisional release for the accused or defendant, with helping in any person other regards, with the policy "Service with smile, from the wo the Court of Justice's heart".

When people walk into the court area, the public relation officer will walk to the peoples with smiling face and ask warmly about the business that such person needs to contact the court. Or if it is needed to suggest such person to contact other section, they will give clear information to contact by giving initial details regarding the contact obiectives al the court of the people with the officer related to the business that the people request for services in order that the officer does not have to ask again, making the contact with the court more efficiently and faster.

  • What to perform when sitting on a court room? 
    Please behave as follows when getting into the court room

- While the judge is adjudicating the case, the person in the court room must wear polite and neat clothes.

- Must well behave when being in the court room, show respect every time after the judge sit on or off the bench.

- During listening to the adjudication, well behavior is a must: do not talk, sleep, crossing leg, smoking, reading newspaper, wearing sunglasses, eating or drinking.

- After the judge read the case proceedings, the related person to such case must stand and listen. If any person has the word to testify to the court, he or she must stand and further give a testimony.

  • Precedures after receiving court order
    The first thing that should be done is checking the type of order and related court because there are several types of court order, such as

- Warrant of appointment, an order for appearance in the court on the appointment date and time;

- Summons, an order sent with copy of plaint for the defendant to defend the case within the specific time since the date of receiving summons; and copy of plaint in the civil case. Regarding the criminal case with the proceedings in court level and the citizen prosecuting by himself/herself, if the court deems that the case has a reasonable ground, the court will receive the plaint. In case where the defendant was not brought to the court, the court might issue summons for the defendant to appear in the court to adjudicate;

- Order to call for documents is an order to call for documents under the possession of another party, the person outside the government system or the officials, and one of the parties needs such document for the benefit in the prosecution of such case. Therefore the court will be requested to summon the possessor of document to give such document to the court by himself/herself or via mail;

- Summons to be witness for giving testimony before the court on the specific date and time.

  What to do when being summoned to testify  

1. After receiving summons, please check thorough which court it is, court's location, which date and time to giv a testimony. For any information, please call the cour according to the phone number and the address at the enc of the summons.

2. Go to the court on appointment date and time. but if there is the necessity that cannot make it to the court according to the appointment, notification to the court is a must before the appointment date. No appearance in the court, the court might issue the warrant to hold until the testament day, and also deem giving the penalty, not over 6 months imprisonment or not over 1000 baht for fine payment or both.