Adult Entertainment Laws in Chonburi
Thailand
National Law — Legal Overview
Prostitution is unlawful in Thailand under the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act B.E. 2539 (1996). Sex workers can be fined up to 1,000 baht for soliciting in public (s. 5, now an administrative fine imposed by social-development ministry officials, not the police) and imprisoned or fined for being in a prostitution establishment (s. 6) or advertising (s. 7). Buying sex from an adult is not itself an offence. Brothel-keeping (s. 11) and procuring (s. 9) carry long prison terms. Massage parlours, hostess bars and karaoke lounges are licensed under the Entertainment Places Act B.E. 2509 (1966), which does not permit prostitution. A citizen bill to repeal the 1996 Act and treat sex work as work reached the House on 28 May 2026; classed as a financial bill, it cannot be debated without the Prime Minister's endorsement, and none had been reported by 30 October 2026. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/thailand/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.
No state-specific law recorded — national law applies.
In Practice
Advertising, or accepting to publish an advertisement, or soliciting or introducing by documents, printed matter or any other means of making it known to the public, in a way that is evidently a request or contact for one's own or another person's prostitution, carries 6 months to 2 years' imprisonment, a fine of 10,000 to 40,000 baht, or both (s. 7). There is no platform-specific rule in the prostitution law, but s. 7 penalises whoever 'accepts to advertise' prostitution by any means of public dissemination, so a website or app operator publishing ads for sexual services risks 6 months to 2 years' imprisonment; police have charged the operators of an ad site on that basis. The Computer Crime Act's provider liability (s. 15) covers only its own content offences, such as publicly accessible obscene data. Directories may not list escort services here: a site that carries other people's ads can be prosecuted or fined. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/thailand/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 11 November 2026
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