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Volume 49, Page 538
Royal Gazette
Dated 10 December 2475

Section21.A membership in the House of Representatives ends upon—

(1)retirement by rotation or dissolution of the House;

(2)death;

(3)resignation;

(4)lack of an electoral candidate qualification according to the law on elections of Members of the House of Representatives;

(5)a ruling of the House of Representatives removing [the Member in question] from his position, because he is found to have conducted himself in such a way that would bring about detriment to the House; the resolution on this issue must obtain a vote of not less than two thirds of the number of the attending Members.

Section22.The Monarch appoints [from amongst] the Members of the House of Representatives one as President of the House and one or several as Vice Presidents,[1] according to a resolution of the House.

Section23.The President of the House has the duty to carry out the affairs of the House in accordance with the rules. A Vice President has the duty to execute affairs on behalf of the President whenever the President is absent or unable to perform the duties.

  1. The Thai text classifies these officers with the masculine classifier nai (Thai: นาย), thus implying that these positions were only for males.