Announcement of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council

No. 8/2557

Subject: Exemptions from the Curfew Order

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            Following the prohibition on the public leaving their residence during restricted hours, as stated in the announcement of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) No. 3/2557 on 22 May 2014;

            In order to mitigate the impact on those whose occupation is normally carried out beyond the curfew, the following persons are exempt from the restriction:

1.      Those entering or leaving Thailand;

2.      Officers and employees working in industries that require shift work, such as industrial factories, hospitals, and air-transport enterprises;

3.      Those employed in the transportation of frozen/chilled products, and the import and export of perishable goods;

4.      Those with extreme necessities, such as patients travelling to hospitals and officials performing humanitarian duties;

5.      Those with other necessary business shall ask for permission from military personnel in their respective areas.

            Announced on 22 May 2014 B.E.2557 (2014)

                                                                                    General Prayut Chan-O-Cha

                                                            Head of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council