Page:พระราชกฤษฎีกาให้ปิดประชุมสภา ๒๔๗๖.pdf/2

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
Volume 50
Royal Gazette
2

it is the right time for Him to allow the people to name their Representatives, for which reason it is not appropriate for the House to initiate a change to the important economic policy which has formed the basis of the subsistence of the Country since antiquity, but it now appears that a great number of the Members have made strong wishes and efforts to effect such a change by means of the schemes which indirectly force the House to comply with their wishes—an inappropriate action which clearly shows that [the House] can no longer meet to direct the affairs of the Country wholesomely, for it could bring about insecurity to the Country and destroy the well-being of the people under His authority; [and whereas] He entertains an opinion that it is now an urgent time in which measures should be taken to prevent ruination of the Country and the general people under His authority;

Therefore, He orders with His gracious pleasure that enacted shall be this Royal Decree containing the following clauses:

1.This House of Representatives shall be prorogued and shall not be convened until a new House of Representatives is constituted after an election of Representatives is held in accordance with the stipulations of the Constitution.