Volume 134, Issue 6A
Royal Gazette
15 January 2560
"Whenever the Monarch is to not reside in the Kingdom or is to be unable to administer the royal burdens for any reason whatsoever, it is permissible for Him to appoint or not appoint anyone as His Regent, and the President of the National Assembly shall countersign the appointment. And when this section has already been complied with, the stipulations of section 18, section 19, and section 20 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2550 Buddhist Era, shall not be applied."
Section4.The stipulations of paragraph 11 of section 39/1 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, as amended by the Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), 2557 Buddhist Era, (No. 2), 2559 Buddhist Era, shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"After the Prime Minister has brought and presented the draft constitution [to the Monarch] according to paragraph 9 in conjunction with paragraph 10, if there occurs a case in which the Monarch gives, within ninety days, observations that any matters should be amended, the Prime Minister shall request His royal permission to take the draft constitution back in order to arrange for amendments in respect of the issues according to those observations and the related issues only and [arrange for] the preamble of the draft constitution to be amended in compliance therewith. Then the Prime Minister shall bring and present the amended draft constitution to [the Monarch] again within thirty days counted from the day he receives [the draft constitution] back from [the Monarch] as requested. Once the Prime Minister has brought and presented the amended draft constitution to [the Monarch] and [the Monarch] has signed it, it shall be published in the Royal Gazette and become applicable, provided that it be countersigned by the Prime Minister. In the case that the Monarch disapproves the draft constitution or amended draft constitution and gives it back, or when He fails to give it back within ninety days counted from the day the Prime Minister brings and presents [to Him] the draft constitution or amended draft constitution, as the case may be, the draft constitution or amended draft constitution shall lapse."
General Prayut Chan-o-cha
Prime Minister
