Volume 127, Issue 75A
Royal Gazette
7 December 2553
Public Prosecution Institution and Public Prosecutors
Act,
2553 BE
Bhumibol Adulyaej R
Given on the 3rd day of December 2553 BE[1]
Being the 65th year of the present reign
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramin Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej gives a great royal command by which He orders with His pleasure that it be announced as follows:
Whereas it is appropriate to have a law on the public prosecution institution and public prosecutors;
[Whereas] this Act contains certain provisions relating to the restriction of the rights and freedoms of persons, which section 29, in conjunction with section 32, section 33, and section 41, of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand permits to be done by virtue of the powers under legal provisions;
Therefore, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly, He orders with His gracious pleasure that the following Act be enacted:
Section1.This Act is called the "Public Prosecution Institution[2] and Public Prosecutors Act, 2553 BE".
Section2.This Act shall come into force from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.
- ↑ The year 2553 BE corresponds to the year 2010 CE.
- ↑ In fact, the Thai term ongkon (Thai: องค์กร), which is here translated as "institution", corresponds to, has been coined for, and is the phono-semantic matching of the English term "organ".
