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Cabinet backs wider SEC powers in capital-market overhaul
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Thailand’s Cabinet has approved four amendment bills that would allow Securities and Exchange Commission officials to join investigations into certain serious capital-market offences while updating regulations covering electronic processes, secondary
Key facts
- The proposed investigative role would apply to specified offences considered capable of severely damaging confidence in the capital-market system or the national economy, rather than giving the SEC general authority to investigate every
- Government faces parliamentary scrutiny over THB400bn loan decree
- The bills were approved on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) after review by the Office of the Council of State
- The package would also revise penalty provisions and introduce regulatory fines in line with Section 77 of the 2017 Constitution and the Act on Imposition of Regulatory Fines B.E
Summary
The proposed investigative role would apply to specified offences considered capable of severely damaging confidence in the capital-market system or the national economy, rather than giving the SEC general authority to investigate every suspected market offence.
The bills were approved on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) after review by the Office of the Council of State. The bills have yet to be considered by Parliament before publication in the Royal Gazette and entry into force.