Volume 79, Special Issue
Royal Gazette
23 November 2505
(3)shall duplicate a family name granted by a king or family name already registered;
(4)shall contain an impolite word or meaning;
(5)shall contain more than ten consonants, save where a royally conferred name is used as a family name.
Section9.Any Thai national who desires to register the creation of a family name shall make an application to a local registrar of the locality in the household register of which his name is contained according to the law on civil registration.
When the local registrar considers and finds that the family name the creation of which is applied for [registration] is not contrary to this Act, he shall further submit it to [the relevant officers] according to their order [of precedence] until it reaches the central registrar. Once approval has been obtained from the central registrar, the local registrar shall accept to register the family name and issue a certificate indicating the registration of the family name to the applicant.
Execution of this section shall be in accordance with the criteria and procedure designated in a ministerial statute.
Section10.A family name lawfully registered prior to the day of coming into force of this Act shall be deemed as if having been registered under this Act.
