by the Government of Thailand

“ The Council of Bangkok shall be empowered to enact the rules on ethics of its Councillors, as well as the rules of procedure for the selection and performance of duties of its President, Vice Presidents and ordinary or extraordinary committees, the conduct of meetings, the introduction and consideration of draft ordinances, the submission of motions, the discussions, the debates, the passage of resolutions, the interrogations, the general debates, the maintenance of peace and order, and other activities falling within its duties. ”

“ In cases the Council of Bangkok is vacant, or in cases there arises an urgent need to maintain public safety or avert a public danger and the Council of Bangkok cannot promptly be convoked, the Governor of Bangkok, with the approval of the Minister of Interior, may issue a decree of Bangkok Metropolis having the same force as an ordinance. ”

“ In cases the office of director of a district is vacant or its holder is not available, the director shall be replaced by the deputy director of such district. If there is more than one deputy director, the director shall be replaced by one of the deputy directors who takes precedence over the others according to official practices. If the offices of deputy directors are vacant or none of their holders is available also, the Clerk of Bangkok shall replace the director by one of the directors of divisions, chief officers of divisions or holders of the equivalent positions. ”

“ If any offender is arrested by virtue of paragraph 2, and the Governor of Bangkok, Clerk of Bangkok, director of the office, chief of the administrative agency called otherwise and having the status of office, or director of the district, as the case may be, finds that the offender does not deserve imprisonment, he may settle the action by imposing an amount of fine upon the offender. ”

“ In conducting the election pursuant to paragraph 1, each district shall become a constituency and the Minister of Interior shall announce the number of the Councillors of Bangkok to be elected in each constituency.
The number of the Councillors to represent each district shall be determined by the number of the citizens of such district as appeared in the civil register last published by the Ministry of Interior before the date the royal decree ordaining the election is published in the Government Gazette. In this respect, one hundred thousand citizens shall be represented by one Councillor. ”

“ If the Council of Bangkok fails to completely consider a draft ordinance on expenditure budget within the period of time mentioned in paragraph 1, it shall be taken that the Council has approved the draft and the Governor of Bangkok shall sign the draft and publish it in the Government Gazette for the purpose of promulgation. ”

“ At each meeting of the committees under sections 38 and 39, a quorum shall be established by the presence of not less than one half of the total number of the existing members and the rules of procedure of the Council of Bangkok shall also apply mutatis mutandis. ”

“ Bangkok Metropolis may carry out any activity which is subject to its authority with another government agency, state agency, state enterprise or local government agency by forming an organisation called syndicate. The syndicate shall enjoy legal personality and shall be led by a board of trustees who are the representatives of Bangkok Metropolis and the relevant government agency, state agency, state enterprise or local government agency, as the case may be. ”

“ A committee of the Council of Bangkok shall be given the power to summon the Bangkok metropolitan authorities and require them to express certain facts or opinions on the activity it is carrying out or on the matter it is considering, inquiring into or studying. ”

“ The political officers under section 58 and the members of the committees set up by the Governor of Bangkok shall be entitled to salaries, bonuses, meeting allowances and other positional remunerations as determined in a royal decree, all paid out of the Bangkok metropolitan budget. ”

“ For the described purpose, the competent authorities shall also be empowered to interrogate the persons present or working at those places, to direct them to produce documents or other relevant evidence, to seize or attach whatever documents, evidence, vehicles or articles in connection with the offences, and to arrest the offenders. ”

“ Subject to the laws concerned, Bangkok Metropolis shall collect as its revenues local maintenance taxes, property taxes, signboard taxes, animal slaughter duties and other benefits concerning animal slaughters in its districts. ”

“ The competent authorities under paragraph 1 shall be empowered to enter the buildings or their precincts where the violation or failure to comply with the law or ordinance concerned is reasonably suspected to be taking place ”