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Seal of the Royal Command
Seal of the Royal Command

Announcement
Regard the Application of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand

Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 18th day of September 2500 BE
Being the 12th year of the present reign

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramin Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej gives a great royal command by which He orders with His pleasure that it be announced as follows:

Whereas the Military Defender of the Realm has made a submission to Him that the application of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand should be in line with the suitability ​of the situation, and He entertains an opinion in agreement therewith; therefore, in order to accomplish that which has been submitted to Him by the Military Defender of the Realm, He gives a great royal command by which He orders with His pleasure the following:

Article1.The Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2475 Buddhist Era, 2495 Buddhist Era, shall remain in force, subject to the following conditions:

(a)the memberships in the House of Representatives of the 1st and 2nd Type Members shall come to an end on the day of announcement of this royal command;

(b)an election of the 1st Type Members shall be carried out within ninety days counted from the day of announcement of this royal command;

(c)on and after the day of announcement of this royal command, [the Monarch] will appoint with His gracious pleasure the 2nd Type Members[1] numbering not more than one hundred and twenty-three from amongst the persons He finds appropriate;

whilst the 1st Type Members have not yet assumed their duties, the House of Representatives shall be composed of the 2nd Type Members for the time being;

​(d)before establishment of a Council of Ministers to handle the public services of the State, it shall be the duty of the Military Defender of the Realm to countersign royal commands.

Article2.This royal command does not affect the calculation of the periods of time which have already run in accordance with section 115 and section 116.

Countersignatory:
Field Marshal S. Thanarat
Military Defender of the Realm

Notes

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  1. ↑ In the Thai text, these members were classified by the masculine classifier nai (Thai: นาย), implying that the memberships were only for males.

Bibliography

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  • "Prakat Rueang Kanchai Ratthathammanun Haeng Ratcha-anachak Thai" [Announcement Regarding the Application of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand]. (1957, 18 September). Ratchakitchanubeksa [Royal Gazette], 74(78A), 1–3. (In Thai).

 This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.

Original:

This work is in the public domain worldwide because it originated in Thailand and is a work under section 7(2) of Thailand's Copyright Act, 2537 BE (1994) (WIPO translation), which provides:

7. The following shall not be deemed copyright works under this Act:

  1. news of the day and facts having the character of mere information, not being works in the literary, scientific or artistic fields;
  2. the constitution and legislation;
  3. regulations, bylaws, notifications, orders, explanations and official correspondence of the Ministries, Departments or any other government or local units;
  4. judicial decisions, orders, decisions and official reports;
  5. translations and collections of the materials referred to in items (1) to (4), made by the Ministries, Departments or any other government or local units.

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Translation:

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

In case this is not legally possible:

I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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