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Translation:Collection of Laws by Year/Tome 56/Volume 1/Part 43

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Collection of Laws by Year: Tome 56, Volume 1 (1951)
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Part 43
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Emergency Decree
Amending the “Act Promulgating the Provisions of Book 5 of
the Civil and Commercial Code, 2477 Buddhist Era”,
2486 Buddhist Era[1]


In the name of Somdet Phrachaoyuhua Ananda Mahidol
The Council of Regency
(according to the announcements of the President of the House of
People’s Representatives dated 4 August 2480 Buddhist Era[2]
and 16 December 2484 Buddhist Era)[3]

Aditya Dibabha
Pridi Banomyong

Enacted on the 19th day of June 2486 Buddhist Era[1]
Being the 10th year of the present reign

Whereas it is deemed appropriate to thoroughly extend the application of the provisions of Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code for the security and culture of the Nation;

And whereas it is an event of emergency in which the House of People’s Representatives cannot be convened in time;

Therefore, His Majesty commands, by virtue of the power under section 52 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, that the following Emergency Decree be enacted:

Section1.This Emergency Decree shall be called the Emergency Decree Amending the “Act Promulgating the Provisions of Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code, 2477 Buddhist Era”, 2486 Buddhist Era.

Section2.This Emergency Decree shall come into force from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.

Section3.Section 6 of the Act Promulgating the Provisions of Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code, 2477 Buddhist Era shall be repealed without prejudice to the marriages of persons professing Islam which took place before the day of coming into force of this Emergency Decree as well as the family relationships arising therefrom.

Countersignature
Field Marshal P Phibunsongkhram
Prime Minister

(Royal Gazette, volume 60, number 12, page 1089, dated 19 June 2486)[1]


  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1943 Common Era. (Wikisource contributor note)
  2. 1937 Common Era. (Wikisource contributor note)
  3. 1941 Common Era. (Wikisource contributor note)