Volume 125, Issue 37A
Royal Gazette
22 February 2551
"Section5.The President of the Supreme Court of Justice shall have the duty to lay down rules for the judicial service of the courts of justice, in order that the business of the courts of justice shall proceed in an orderly and uniform manner. In addition, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice shall have the power to provide advice to judges in order that they shall correctly observe the rules and procedures designated by the law or by other means."
Section4.The stipulations of (1) of section 11 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"(1)to participate in sittings to try and adjudicate upon cases of such court or, after having inspected the file of any case, to express a dissenting opinion".
Section5.The stipulations of paragraph 1 of section 23 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"The Supreme Court of Justice has the power to try and adjudicate upon cases which the Constitution or law permits to be brought directly to it and cases in which appeals or final appeals are lodged against judgments or orders of the courts of first instance, Court of Appeal, or Regional Courts of Appeal as prescribed by the law. However, in the event that the Supreme Court of Justice finds a point of law or point of fact grounding an appeal or final appeal to be frivolous and not deserving its consideration, the Supreme Court of Justice has the power to refuse to accept the case for trial and adjudication. This shall be subject to the rules designated by a general meeting of the Supreme Court of Justice by means of publication in the Royal Gazette."
General Surayud Chulanont
Prime Minister
