Criminal Court of Thailand
| Criminal Court | |
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| ศาลอาญา | |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Location | Ratchadaphisek Road, Chom Phon Subdistrict, Chatuchak District, Bangkok |
| Coordinates | 13°43′29″N 100°37′59″E / 13.7245995°N 100.6331106°ECoordinates: 13°43′29″N 100°37′59″E / 13.7245995°N 100.6331106°E |
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| Decisions are appealed to | Court of Appeal |
| Website | Crimc.coj.go.th |
| President | |
| Currently | Raengron Pariphonphotphisut |
| Since | 1 October 2014 |
The Criminal Court (Thai: ศาลอาญา; rtgs: San-aya; Thai pronunciation: [sä̃ːn˩˥.ʔäː˧.jäː˧]) is a Thai court of justice of first instance responsible for the application of criminal law in Bangkok. The court is located on Ratchadaphisek Road and is colloquially called "Ratchada Criminal Court" (ศาลอาญารัชดาฯ).
During Sukhothai Kingdom, Ayutthaya Kingdom and the initial period of Rattanakosin Kingdom, the judicial service was part of the executive service. King Chulalongkorn later launched an administrative reform by which the courts competent to deal with criminal cases in Bangkok, that is, the Metropolitan Court (ศาลนครบาล) and the Outer Criminal Court (ศาลอาญานอก), were consolidated into a Royal Criminal Court (ศาลพระราชอาชญา). The Royal Criminal Court sat at the Military Registration Hall (หอสัสดี) within the Front Palace.
In 1935, a Statute of the Courts of Justce was promulgated and renamed the Royal Criminal Court to the Criminal Court. In 1941, the Criminal Court moved its seat to a building newly constructed on Rachini Road near the Petty Crimes Division (กองลหุโทษ) of the Corrections Department, the Ministry of Justice, in Phra Nakhon District. On 25 March 1992, the Criminal Court again moved to a new building on Ratchadaphisek Road in Chatuchak District.
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