Translation:Names of Persons Act (No 2), 2530 BE

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Volume 104, Number 270

Special Edition, Page 63
Royal Gazette

28 December 2530

Names of Persons
Act (No 2),
2530 BE

Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 25th day of December 2530 BE
Being the 42nd year of the present reign

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramin Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej commands that it be announced as follows:

Whereas it is appropriate to amend the law on names of persons;

Therefore, He permits, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly, the enactment of the following Act:

Section1.This Act is called the Names of Persons Act (No 2), 2530 BE.

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

Section3.The provision of section 14 of the Names of Persons Act, 2505 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:

“Section14.A woman who has become widowed through the death of her husband may use the family name of the husband or the former family name of her own.”

Countersignature
General P Tinsulanonda
Prime Minister

Note: The reasons for the promulgation of this Act are as follows: Whereas it is appropriate for the women who have become widowed through the deaths of their husbands to enjoy the right to choose whether to use the family names of the husbands or return to their former family names, depending on the necessity or desire of each of them, it is therefore necessary to enact this Act.

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