Portal:Interim House of Representatives of Siam

“ Section4.For the sake of public order, when an authority from the Ministry of Interior reports that any person carries out an act which would bring about the offence under section 3 above, the Ministry of Interior shall refer the matter to a Committee to be established by the Cabinet for examination and ruling. If it is found to be well-grounded, an opinion shall be rendered that the person be kept within a limited area for a term of not over ten years, and the Ministry of Interior shall have the power to give orders for the implementation of such opinion. ”

“ Section3.Whoever commits any act which is hostile to, or with a view to causing the people to lose appreciation of or have apprehension in, the administrative regime under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Siam, is hereby declared to be guilty of an offence for which he shall be punished with imprisonment of three years up to twenty years, or a fine of five hundred baht up to five thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine, even though the said act is merely a conspiracy, or agreement, or preparation. ”

“ If the alleged offender is an alien, it is hereby required that he be dealt with in accordance with the Deportation Act, 131 RE.
Section5.The Committee under section 4 must be composed of judicial public officials, who shall be at least three in number in order to sit as a quorum. Their rulings shall adhere to the majority opinion. ”