CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND

 

(INTERIM)

 

B.E. 2557

 

AMENDMENT (No. 4),

 

B.E. 2560 (2017)

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HIS MAJESTY KING MAHAVAJIRALONGKORN BODINDRADEBAYAVARANGKUN

 

Enacted on the 15th of January B.E. 2560;

 

Being the 2nd Year of the Present Reign

 

His Majesty King Mahavajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun is graciously pleased to proclaim that:

 

Whereas it is expedient to amend the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2557;

 

Be it, therefore, enacted by the King the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), B.E. 2557 Amendment, as follows:

 

Section 1. This Constitution is called the “Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2557 Amendment (No. 4) B.E. 2560 (2017)”.

 

Section 2. This Constitution shall come into force as from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

 

Section 3. The followings shall be added as paragraph three of section 2 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2557:

 

“Whenever the King is absent from the Kingdom or unable to perform His functions for any reason whatsoever, the King may appoint a person as Regent, and the president of the National Assembly shall countersign the Royal Command therefor. In this case, the provisions of section 18, section 19 and section 20 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2550 (2007) shall not be applied”.

 

Section 4. The Provisions of section 39/1 paragraph eleven of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2557 as amended by the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2557 Amendment (No. 2) B.E. 2559 shall be repealed and replaced by the following:

 

“Upon presenting the draft Constitution to the King by the Prime Minister under paragraph nine in conjunction with paragraph ten, if, within ninety days, the King has an observation that an amendment should be made, the Prime Minister may request that the Constitution be returned to proceed with the amendment only for the observation and related issue and accordingly make an amendment to the preface of the draft Constitution, and then present the draft amended Constitution to the King within thirty days as from the date of receipt of the returned Constitution. When the Prime Minister presents the draft amended Constitution to the King for signature for which the Prime Minister shall countersign the Royal Command, it shall come into force upon its publication in the Government Gazette. In the case where the King refuses His assent to the draft Constitution or the draft amended Constitution and either returns it or does not return it within ninety days as from the day the Prime Minister presents the draft Constitution or the draft amended Constitution to the King, as the case may be, the draft Constitution or the draft amended Constitution shall lapse”.

 

Countersigned by

 

General Prayuth Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister

 

 

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