Abstract:
The application of the law on hostels happened there was no any applications for the first stage of hostels. Some hostel owners did not run business properly and made trouble to people. A lot of students suffered form that acts. The government came into the application of the law by billing hostel act and coming into effect on the first of April B.E. 2507 to provide the accommodation for children and youth during studying in the instituting where's faraway from home. This act of parliament intended to cover children and youth who were students living in hostels in security, health, efficiency of education for developing them and for peace and morality of people also.The purpose of the research is to study the application of hostel establishment, the security covering of resident and to study the enforcement of the law on hostels in order to suggest ways to amend the law for suitability. The research is studied from papers by means of documentary research.The study is found that in hostel act, there' s an application to control private hostels but in practical matter the hostel owners try to avoid doing permission for hostel establishment and making registration legally. In practical way, there's noenough application to cover the residents who are students. For example, the hostel owners do not register for hostel establishment and do not separate into man and woman section. The residents take drug, gamble, do prostitution and live together while studying. The size of the room is small. After being registered, hostel owners have to set the hostel regulations which fix the rate of rent, water, electricity, telephone service fee and other services fee according to registry officer. In practical way, it is not designated in the law that hostel regulations must be shown to public as a result the owners raise the rent and rate of other services higher than the assess rate. When hostel owners abrogate their undertaking, there is no notification in advance. The residents have to look for other places to live abruptly. The hostel owners do not treat the resident welt. They act without morality and bring benefit to themselves. The punishment for hostel owners who do such things is a petty offence. The court punishes that acts by paying fine. There fore, the hostel owners do not scare of it.Thus, the author thinks the government should amend the hostel act B.E 2507. In order that the hostel owners can not avoid doing permission for hostel establishment and must comply with the hostel act B.E 2507 in size, well being of hostels, environment. The hostel regulations must be show to public. The abrogation of hostels must be notified in advance, The law should designate the offence for using the word "hostel" or using other languages in naming the place which is not a hostel. and the offence in ease of an juristic person who is hostel owner if commits an offence, the person who acts on behalf must be liable to the punishment instead of the juristic person.The study makes understand the application of the law on hostels coveringchildren and youth who are student's living private hostels and makes understand the practical matter problem as a result of application on the law of hostels. This study suggests ways to amend the law on hostels. Such an amending law will bring benefits;life and property security, health, mental health, and efficiency of education and bring morality to people and peace to the country.