2.The present Council of Ministers shall be dissolved, and a new Council of Ministers shall be set up, consisting of one Prime Minister and not more than twenty other Ministers,[1] and the Prime Minister of the Council so dissolved shall become the Premier of the new Council of Ministers, and the Ministers currently in charge of the ministries shall become members ex officio of the new Council of Ministers. As regards the other Ministers, His Majesty shall further appoint them upon the advice of the Prime Minister.
3.In so far as the election of Representatives has not yet been held, the new House of Representatives has not yet been convened, and a Council of Ministers has not yet been established in accordance with the stipulations of the Constitution, the new Council of Ministers under this Royal Decree shall exercise all the powers which the Constitution confers upon a Council of Ministers.
4.In so far as the election of Representatives has not yet been held and the new House of Representatives has not yet been convened, His Majesty the King shall exercise the legislative power by and with the advice and consent of the Council of Ministers.
5.In so far as the election of Representatives has not yet been held, the new House of Representatives has not yet been convened, and a Council of Ministers has not yet been established in accordance with the stipulations of the Constitution, suspended shall be the application of all the provi-
- ↑ In the Thai text, these officers were classified by the masculine classifier nai (Thai: นาย), implying that these positions were only for males.
