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Volume 109Issue 72
Page 1
Royal Gazette

30 June 2535

Seal of the Royal Command
Seal of the Royal Command

Amendment (No 1)
of 2535 Buddhist Era
to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand

Bhumibol Adulyadej R
Given on the 29th day of June 2535 BE
Being the 47th year of the present reign

His Majesty King Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej is pleased to give a Great Royal Command that it be announced as follows:

Whereas it is appropriate to amend the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand;

Therefore, He is graciously pleased to enact the following Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand:

Section1.This Constitution is called the Amendment (No 1) of 2535 Buddhist Era to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand.

​Section2.This Constitution shall enter into operation from the day following the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.

Section3.The dispositions of section 86 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand shall be repealed and replaced by the following dispositions:

“Section86.The President of the House of Representatives is the President of the National Assembly. The President of the Senate is the Vice President of the National Assembly.

In the event that there is no President of the House of Representatives or the President of the House of Representatives is absent or unable to serve as the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate shall serve as the President of the National Assembly instead.

The President of the National Assembly has the powers and duties as provided in this Constitution and conducts the activities of the National Assembly when in joint session according to the rules.

The Vice President of the National Assembly has the powers and duties as provided in this Constitution and as assigned by the President of the National Assembly.”

Section4.The dispositions of section 157 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand shall be repealed and replaced by the following dispositions:

“Section157.At the joint meetings of the National Assembly, the rules of meetings of the National Assembly shall apply. In absence of the rules of meetings of the National Assembly, the rules of meetings of the House of Representatives shall apply mutatis mutandis for the time being.”

Section5.The dispositions of section 200 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand shall be repealed and replaced by the following dispositions:

“Section200.The Constitutional Tribunal is composed of the President of the National Assembly, ​the President of the Senate, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Attorney General, and six more persons with qualifications in the field of law or political science as appointed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, three from each chamber.

The President of the National Assembly is the President of the Constitutional Tribunal.

During the expiry of the term of the House of Representatives or dissolution of the House of Representatives, the ex officio Members of the Constitutional Tribunal under paragraph 1 shall be composed of the President of the Senate, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Attorney General. In this event, the President of the Senate shall be the President of the Constitutional Tribunal.”

Countersignature
Anand Panyarachun
Prime Minister

​Note: The grounds for promulgation of this Amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand are as follows: It is appropriate to amend the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand with respect to the holder of the position of President of the National Assembly, the rules of meetings of the National Assembly, and the composition of the Constitutional Tribunal, so as to increase suitability. It is therefore necessary to enact this Constitution.

 This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.

Original:

This work is in the public domain worldwide because it originated in Thailand and is a work under section 7(2) of Thailand's Copyright Act, 2537 BE (1994) (WIPO translation), which provides:

7. The following shall not be deemed copyright works under this Act:

  1. news of the day and facts having the character of mere information, not being works in the literary, scientific or artistic fields;
  2. the constitution and legislation;
  3. regulations, bylaws, notifications, orders, explanations and official correspondence of the Ministries, Departments or any other government or local units;
  4. judicial decisions, orders, decisions and official reports;
  5. translations and collections of the materials referred to in items (1) to (4), made by the Ministries, Departments or any other government or local units.

For any other work that was created or commissioned by the Thai Government, it is in the public domain if at least 50 years have elapsed since its first publication or it was not published within 50 years of authorship.

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Translation:

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

In case this is not legally possible:

I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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