Section24.Whenever the President and Vice Presidents are absent from a meeting, the Members shall elect [one amongst] themselves to serve as the president of the meeting for such meeting.
Section25.At every meeting, the Members in attendance must not be less than than one third of the total number of the Members in order that a quorum be met.
Section26.The passage of a resolution to rule upon a discussed issue shall adhere to the majority of votes as the rule, save in the businesses for which this Constitution has special provisions.
One Member does have one vote in voting. If there is a tie in the number of votes, the president of the meeting shall be able to give one additional vote as a casting vote.
Section27.At a meeting of the House, it is, Lord says, an absolute privilege for any Member to utter any word in such a way as to state a fact, or express an opinion, or cast a vote. No one shall take it as a ground for filing a proceeding or denunciation[1] against such Member in any manner.
This privilege extends its protection to those who print and publish meeting proceedings upon the order of the House, and also extends its protection to those who are invited by the House to state facts or express opinions at its meetings.
- ↑ The term fong-rong (Thai: ฟ้องร้อง), here translated as "to proceed (against)", is defined by the Royal Society of Thailand (2013) as "to allege, to accuse". The term wa-klao (Thai: ว่ากล่าว), here translated as "to denounce", is defined by the Royal Society of Thailand (2013) as "to censure, to admonish,...to reprimand". Pallegoix (1896, p. 1905) interestingly defined wa-klao as "to speak in favour of some one", but the meaning seems to have changed by the time of this document.
