Issuance of service establishment licenses

The Entertainment Business Act B.E. 2509 (1966) is a law enacted to control and define types of entertainment establishments, such as dance halls, establishments with attendants, and bathhouses/massage parlors. Its objectives are to maintain social order, reduce vices, and prevent drug problems, ensuring that entertainment establishments do not become sources of drug distribution or cause other social issues. Entertainment Business Act B.E. 2509 (1966) Section 3: “Entertainment establishment” means a place established to provide services for commercial profit. Entertainment establishments are divided into 6 types: Section 3 (1) Dance halls, ring dance halls, or ronggo halls, which are typically of the type with or without attendants. Section 3 (2) Establishments selling food, liquor, tea, or other beverages and providing services with attendants for customer consumption. Section 3 (3) Bathhouses, massage parlors, or saunas providing services to customers, excluding: (a) Medical establishments under the Medical Establishments Act; (b) Health promotion establishments under the Health Promotion Establishments Act; or (c) Other places specified in ministerial regulations. Section 3 (4) Establishments selling or providing food, liquor, or other beverages in any of the following forms: (a) Having music, musical performances, or other performances for entertainment, and allowing or negligently permitting singers, performers, or other staff to sit with customers; (b) Providing karaoke equipment to customers, arranging for attendants to sing with customers, or allowing or negligently permitting other staff to sit with customers; (c) Having dancing or allowing dancing, or arranging dance performances, such as dancing on a stage or dancing in the area of food or beverage tables; (d) Having characteristics...

Agency:

surin-province

Licence:

Open Data Common

Category:

ข้อมูลสาธารณะ

Geographic coverage:

จังหวัด

Update frequency:

ปี

Source portal:

data_go_th

Updated:

24/04/2026

English title machine-translated from the Thai original

Record updated 148 days ago, within its stated annual cycle

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