Volume 132, Issue 120A
Royal Gazette
14 December 2558
Section5.The stipulations of section 4 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section4.The Supreme Court of Justice, courts of second instance, and courts of first instance may divide their public service into divisions or agencies called otherwise and may permit them to separately and specifically exercise their powers over any types of cases or over cases in any territory under their jurisdiction. This shall be effected by announcements issued by the Courts of Justice Judicial Administration Commission.
A court of first instance may open in any other territory a branch with separate and specific powers over any types of case or over cases in any territory under its jurisdiction. This shall be effected by an announcement issued by the Courts of Justice Judicial Administration Commission.
The designation and changing of the location of a court shall be effected by an announcement issued by the Courts of Justice Judicial Administration Commission.
Announcements issued by the Courts of Justice Judicial Administration Commission by virtue of the stipulations of this section shall come into force upon publication in the Royal Gazette.
Section6.The stipulations of paragraph 1 of section 10 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section10.In the event that the public service of the Supreme Court of Justice, court of second instance, or court of first instance is divided into divisions or agencies called otherwise, there shall be one presiding judge of the division or presiding judge of the agency called otherwise for each of those divisions or agencies."
Section7.The stipulations of paragraph 4 of section 16 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice shall be repealed.
Section8.The stipulations of section 18 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:
"Section18.Subject to section 19/1, a provincial court has the power to try and adjudicate upon all the civil and criminal cases which are not under the power of the other courts of justice."
Section9.The following stipulations shall be inserted in the Charter of the Courts of Justice as section 19/1:
"Section19/1.As regards all cases which occur in the territory of a municipal court and is under the power of such municipal court, if they are instituted before the Civil Court, Bangkok South Civil Court, Thon Buri Civil Court, Criminal Court, Bangkok South Criminal Court, Thon Buri Criminal Court, or provincial court, it shall be the discretion of such court to decide whether any of them should be accepted for trial or should be ordered to be transferred to any jurisdictional municipal court. Notwithstanding this, if the Civil Court, Bangkok South Civil Court, Thon Buri Civil Court, Criminal Court, Bangkok South Criminal Court, Thon Buri Criminal Court, or provincial court has already issued an order accepting the case, the said court shall continue to try and adjudicate upon that case.
