On 18 July 2007, the Computer-related Crime Act B.E.2550 (2007) came into force. It took 9 years from the initial draft to the successful passage by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), appointed by the Council for National Security (CNS), after the 19 September 2006 coup. This is an unofficial English translation of the Act made by the Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR).