Volume 122Issue 58A
Royal Gazette
16 July 2548
(8)to announce granting the competent officers the power to order aliens to leave the Kingdom in the event that they are reasonably believed to have been aiders in the acts of causing of the state of emergency, in respect of which the law on immigration shall apply mutatis mutandis;
(9)to announce requiring the purchase, sale, use, or possession of weapons, goods, medical supplies, consumables, chemical substances, or appliances of any kind which may be used to cause unrest or commit terrorism to be reported to or permitted by a competent officer or to follow the conditions designated by the Prime Minister;
(10)to order the use of military forces to assist administrative or police officials in abating a severe incident or controlling the situation in order to expeditiously restore order, in the performance of which functions the military shall bear the same powers and duties as those belonging to the competent officers under this Emergency Decree and shall be able to exercise those powers and duties on the occasions and to the extent permitted by the conditions and time clauses designated by the Prime Minister, but not in excess of the cases where martial law is enforced.
Upon termination of the severe incident under paragraph 1, the Prime Minister shall promptly announce repealing the announcements made under this section.
Section12.In arresting and holding a suspect according to an announcement made under section 11(1), a competent officer shall apply to the court of competent jurisdiction or Criminal Court for permission to carry out the action. Upon obtaining permission from the court, the competent officer shall have the power to arrest the person and hold him for not over seven days, and such person must be held at a designated place which is not a police station, detention house, penal institution, or prison, and shall not be treated as if being an offender. In the event that it is necessary to continue holding him for the sake of the rectification of the state of emergency, the competent officer shall apply to the court for extending the period of holding for seven more days at a time, but the total period of holding must not be more than thirty days. Upon completion of the time limit, if the person needs to be held further, he shall be proceeded with in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code.
In carrying out the action under paragraph 1, the competent officer shall produce a report relating to the arrest and holding of such person and submit it to the court granting the permission under paragraph 1, and shall keep copies thereof at his office for relatives of such person to inspect throughout the period of time the person is held.
