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Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order
No. 5/2557
Re: Temporary termination of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand

Whereas the National Council for Peace and Order has announced its seizure of the administrative power of the Country on the 22nd day of the month of May 2557 Buddhist Era, at the time of 16:30, according to its Announcement No. 1/2557; therefore, in order to smoothly administer the public services within the Kingdom, it is ordered that the following be done:

  1. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2550 Buddhist Era, save Chapter 2: The Monarch, shall temporarily terminate.
  2. The caretaker Council of Ministers shall terminate the performance of its duties.
  3. The Senate shall continue to perform its duties according to the number of the Senators existing on the day of coming into force of this Announcement.
  4. All the courts shall remain empowered to try and adjudicate upon cases according to the provisions of law and announcements of the National Council for Peace and Orders.
  5. The independent organisations and other organisations according to the Constitution of 2550 Buddhist Era shall continue to perform their duties.

All this shall come into force henceforth.

Announced on the 22nd day of May 2557 Buddhist Era
General Prayut Chan-o-cha
Head of the National Council for Peace and Order

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  • "Prakat Khana Raksa Khwamsa-ngop Haeng Chat Chabap Thi Ha Thap Song Ha Ha Chet" [Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order No. 5/2557]. (2014, 26 May). Ratchakitchanubeksa [Royal Gazette], 131(84D), 4. (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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