Volume 132, Issue 64A
Royal Gazette
15 July 2558
back to the Constitution Drafting Committee, and the Constitution Drafting Committee has already executed the rectification according to the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which must be finished within fifteen days counted from the day the Constitutional Court gave the ruling; the Prime Minister shall then bring and present the draft constitution to [the Monarch] in accordance with section 37, paragraph 7, provided that [the time limit] be counted from the day the Prime Minister receives the perfectly amended draft constitution."
Section7.The stipulations of section 38 and section 39 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section38.The National Reform Assembly shall terminate in the following cases:
(1)the National Reform Assembly fails to finish considering the draft constitution within the designated time;
(2)the National Reform Assembly finishes considering the draft constitution in accordance with section 37, regardless of whether it resolves to approve or disapprove the draft constitution.
When the Constitution Drafting Committee fails to finish drawing up a draft constitution within the period of time under section 34, or when there occurs the case under (1), or when the National Reform Assembly resolves to disapprove the draft constitution, the Constitution Drafting Committee shall terminate also, but section 33, paragraph 2, shall not apply to the Members of the Constitution Drafting Committee who vacate their positions for the said reason.
Section39.In the case that the National Reform Assembly has terminated but the Constitution Drafting Committee remains still, the Constitution Drafting Committee shall continue to perform its duties, save where the draft constitution is disapproved in the referendum, in which case the Constitution Drafting Committee shall terminate from the day of announcement of the referendum results. However, in the case that the draft constitution is approved in the referendum, the Constitution Drafting Committee shall continue to perform its duties in order to prepare the bills of the organic acts or other laws as necessary and introduce them to the National Legislative Assembly, and after the constitution has been promulgated, the performance of duties by the Constitution Drafting Committee shall be in accordance with the constitution so promulgated.
In the case that the National Reform Assembly has terminated but the Constitution Drafting Committee remains still, if a Member of the Constitution Drafting Committee vacates his position for whatever reason during such period, the remaining [Members of the] Constitution Drafting Committee shall be able to continue their duties and the Constitution Drafting Committee shall be deemed composed of the remaining Members, and the Head of the National Council for Peace and Order shall promptly appoint a Member of the Constitution Drafting Committee to fill the vacant position, provided that section 32, paragraph 1, paragraph 2, and paragraph 3, shall not be applied."
Section8.The following stipulations shall be inserted in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, as section 39/1, section 39/2, and section 39/3:
"Section39/1.Within thirty days counted from the day of termination of the National Reform Assembly and the Constitution Drafting Committee, or counted from the day of termination of the Constitution Drafting Committee in accordance with section 39,
