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in the year 117 RE,[b 1] it depicted a crownless deity carrying peacock tails, standing one-legged upon a base. Once the Ministry of Economic Affairs was dissolved and split into a Ministry of Commerce and a Ministry of Transport, this seal was transferred to the Ministry of Commerce as its official seal, but it was designed and created anew to be distinguished from the design of the old seal, before it was given the name of Seal of Viśvakarmā.
The Ministry of Justice formerly used the Seal of Lunar Sphere, a seal royally granted[b 2] to Somdetčhāophrayā Bǭrommahāphichaiyāt[b 3] as his personal seal and later allowed[b 4] to be used as the official seal of the Secretary of State for Justice. It consists of a greater version and a minor version. The greater version depicts a flying canopied chariot with an ūrṇā[b 5] in the middle and carrying a rabbit on the rear (see figure 40), for which reason it is sometimes called incorrectly as the Seal of Ūrṇā Chariot. It is believed that this version was later redone by removing the ūrṇā from the chariot because the ūrṇā was too much,[b 6] resulting in the minor version which depicts the moon coming through clouds (see figure 41). The old greater and minor versions are now at the Royal Museum.[b 7]
Later in the year 2456 BE,[b 8] during the reign of King Rama VI, the official seal of the Secretary of State for Justice was changed to a Seal of the Scales of Justice, of which the greater version consists of a sword and a balance or a set of scales of justice enshrined upon a two-tiered tray (see figure 42) and the minor version merely consists of the sword and the balance without the tray.
