a. If it is a criminal offense and the punishment for the crime will result in jail time of less than six months and with less than a 500 baht fine, the court will order the suspect to be held only once for no more than seven days.
b. If it is a criminal offense and the potential sentence is more than six months in jail but less than ten years and with more than a 500 baht fine, the judge has the power to order the suspect be held on several separate occasions. Each period can be up to twelve days. These multiple confinements cannot exceed 48 days.
c. If it is a criminal offense and the jail sentence could be longer than ten years, the judge has the power to order several periods of custody of up to twelve days each, but not more than 84 day in total.