Film and Video Act, Age-Rating Categories and Restriction on Admission or Sale to Minors
Film and Video Act, B.E. 2551 (2008), secs. 26, 44, 45, 80
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In force.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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A cinema-exhibition licensee must post the age-rating category assigned to each film in a clearly visible place and must not knowingly or negligently admit a person below the age set for that category during its screening. A film rental, exchange, or sale licensee must not rent, exchange, or sell a film in that category to a person below that age.
The most restricted viewable category is reserved to persons twenty years of age or older, and a licensee who violates either duty is liable to a fine.
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
The fine applies to a licensee's violation of sec. 44 paragraph two (the admission restriction) or sec. 45 (the rental, exchange, or sale restriction), among the other violations sec. 80 lists.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 7 September 2026
- Minimum
- 20,000
- Currency
- THB
- Fixed cap
- 100,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Film and Video Censorship Committee
What it reaches
Age threshold
20
Covered services
Cinema exhibition (licensee under sec. 37) and film rental, exchange, or sale (licensee under sec. 38)
Obligation class
Age verification