Draft
Amendment to
the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era,
(No ..), .... Buddhist Era
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Whereas it is appropriate to amend the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era;
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Section1.This Constitution [Amendment] is called the Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, (No ..), .... Buddhist Era.
Section2.This Constitution [Amendment] shall come into force from the day after the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
Section3.The following provisions shall be inserted in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, as paragraph 3 of section 2:
“Whenever the Monarch is to not reside in the Kingdom or is to be unable to handle His royal burdens for any whatever reason, it is permissible for Him to appoint any or no one as His Regent, and the President of the National Assembly shall countersign the appointment.”
Section4.The provisions of paragraph 11 of section 39/1 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, which have been amended by the Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, (No 2), 2559 Buddhist Era, shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:
“Once the Prime Minister has brought and presented the draft constitution [to the Monarch] according to paragraph 9 in conjunction with paragraph 10, if there happens to be an event in which the Monarch gives, within ninety days, observations that any matters should be amended, the Prime Minister shall request His royal permission to take the draft constitution back in order to amend only the issues according to those observations and amend the preamble of the draft constitution in compliance therewith. Then the Prime Minister shall bring and present the amended draft constitution to [the Monarch] again within thirty days from the day he receives [the draft constitution] back from [the Monarch] as requested. Once the Prime Minister has brought and presented the amended draft constitution to [the Monarch]
