Alcohol sales ban for Sunday's advance voting
published : 3 May 2023 at 15:49
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Alcohol sales will be banned nationwide from 6pm on Saturday until 6pm on Sunday for advance voting for the general election.
People who registered for early voting for the May 14 polls can vote this Sunday, May 7.
The 24-hour ban, provided for in the election laws, was announced on Wednesday by police.
The sale and distribution of alcoholic drinks, including alcohol at parties, is banned from 6pm on Saturday until 6pm on Sunday. Violators face a maximum penalty of six months in prison and/or fine of 10,000 baht.
Police said the public could report people breaking the law by using police hotlines 191 and 1599, or at police stations.
A nationwide ban on alcohol sales can also be expected from 6pm on May 13 until 6pm on May 14, for the May 14 general election.
Vocabulary
- advance: before the time that is expected; before something happens - ล่วงหน้า
- banned: officially not allowed to do something - ถูกห้าม
- distribution: the process of giving something out to many different places - การแจกจ่าย
- election (noun): the process of choosing a person or a group of person for a position, especially by voting - การเลือกตั้ง
- general election (noun): an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections (Source: Wikipedia) - การเลือกตั้งทั่วไป
- penalty: a punishment, or the usual punishment, for doing something wrong - โทษ
- register: to put your name and other information on an official list in order to be allowed to do something, e.g., vote, study, stay in a hotel etc - ลงทะเบียน
- violators (noun): people who go against or refuse to obey a law, an agreement, etc. - ผู้ฝ่าฝืน, ผู้ละเมิดกฎ
- voting (noun): the action of choosing somebody/something in an election or at a meeting - การลงคะแนนเสียง
