CHAPTER VII
Penalties
Section 40. Any person who fails to comply with an order of the Board issued under section 32 shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding five thousand Baht or to both.
Section 41. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the restriction or condition imposed by the State official under section 20 shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand Baht or to both.
Transitory Provisions
Section 42. The provisions of section 7, section 8 and section 9 shall not apply to official information having been in existence before the date this Act comes into force.
A State agency shall publish the information under paragraph one or make it available for public inspection, as the case may be, in accordance with the rules and procedure prescribed by the Board.
Section 43. The Rule on the National Security Protection, B.E. 2517 (1974), insofar as it deals with the official information, shall continue to be in force to such an extent as not contrary to or inconsistent with this Act, unless otherwise provided in the Rule prescribed by the Council of Ministers under section 16.
