by the Government of Thailand

“ The nine judges respectively obtaining the most scores shall form the chamber, but they may not include more than three senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice. In case of equal scores in any order which cause a surplus in the said number, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice shall conduct sortition to decide which of the persons in question is to be elected.
The judges elected to form a chamber shall have the authority to try and adjudicate the case until they are ordained by this Organic Act to discontinue their functions. ”

“ Finding that evidence collected by the investigation panel does not suffice to render an order in the case, the chamber may direct the panel to collect additional evidence within a reasonable time before giving any order. ”

“ Where it is necessary to arrest or detain an accused or defendant, since there is sufficient evidence indicating that he is likely to have committed a criminal offence and there is a reasonable belief that he is likely to abscond, tamper with evidence or otherwise cause a danger, the NACC, investigation panel or Attorney General may apply to the Court for a warrant of arrest or detention. ”

“ In its trial and adjudication, the chamber shall conduct the examinations for the purpose of obtaining additional facts and evidence as it thinks fit. For the sake of proving the truth in the case, the chamber shall not be bound by the reasons or evidence appearing from the petition instituting the case, from the investigations or opinions of the investigation panel or from the proceedings instituted by the Attorney General. ”

“ Upon any event under paragraph 1, a new judge shall be elected in compliance with the procedure under section 13.
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Where the full chamber cannot sit due to force majeure or other inevitable necessity and the chamber finds that the adjournment of an examination of evidence would bring about delay and injustice, the new judges shall be elected in conformity to the procedure under section 13 to replace the judges in question. In this respect, the judges replaced shall discontinue his functions in the chamber. ”

“ In cases the investigation panel resolves that a criminal accusation against a NACC Member is well grounded or that a NACC Member is reasonably suspected to have possessed unusual wealth, the panel shall submit all existing reports and documents to the Attorney General for further institution of proceedings in Court. ”

“ An investigation panel shall, for investigation purpose, be empowered to order the accused NACC Member to disclose his own interests and the interests of his spouse and children non sui iuris, subject to the requirements, procedure and time limit determined by the panel. ”

“ If the working team is unable to reach a conclusion as to the institution of case within fourteen days from its setting up, the NACC may instutute the case by itself or appoint a counsel to institute the case on its behalf ”