Issue 15, Volume 69
Royal Gazette
8 March 2495
"Section11.The Monarch wields the prerogative to select and appoint [from amongst] competent persons one as President of the Privy Council and not more than eight others as Privy Councillors, who compose a Privy Council.
The Privy Council has the duty to present to the Monarch opinions on all the royal obligatory functions about which the Monarch seeks counsel, and [has] other duties as provided in this Constitution."
"Section12.Selection and appointment of a Privy Councillor, and removal of a Privy Councillor from his position, shall be at the royal pleasure."
"Section13.The Privy Councillors must not be regular public servants, Ministers or other political public servants, or Members of the House of People's Representatives, and must not express attachment[1] to any political party."
"Section14.Before assuming duties, a Privy Councillor must affirm in the presence of the Monarch that he will be faithful, honest, and loyal to the Monarch and will perform his duties for the benefit of the Country and the people, and that he will also preserve and observe the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand in every respect."
- ↑ Kanfakfai (Thai: การฝักใฝ่), here translated as "attachment", is an abstract noun of fakfai (Thai: ฝักใฝ่), which the Royal Society of Thailand (2013) defines as "to pay one's attention to, to be attached to". Pallegoix (1896, p. 144) defines it as "to associate together, to give one's self up to, to apply one's self".
