Abstract:
The act of legislation of the criminal procedure code (issue 22nd) B.E. 2547 has been enforced on 24 December B.E. 2547. One of the major improvement of the Thai Criminal justice, to make it inconsistent with the constitution of Thailand B.E. 2540. These amendment purposes are better protection of people rights and liberty, not to be infringed by the authorities in criminal administration. The amendment of the criminal procedure code is mostly concern with the authorities' practice at the pre-trial stage of the criminal procedure, such as: investigation of the criminal case, holding an inquiry, search, arrest, restraint, and provisional release. However in enforcing the amended law remain problems in both the code of law and the methods of their practices, which may conflict with rights and liberty of the people. This thesis aims to show the differences between the former criminal procedure code and amended one, and aims to indicate problems and effects. These are direction to make adjustment of the law, the rules, the regulations, and the practice in criminal judicial administration.