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Chapter 1
General provisions

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Section⁠1.⁠The supreme power of the Country belongs to all the people.

Section⁠2.⁠There shall be such persons and bodies of persons as to be hereafter stated to exercise the power on behalf of the people in accordance with the statements hereinafter made, namely—

1. the Monarch;^[1]
2. the House of Representatives;^[2]
3. the People's Committee;
4. the courts.

Chapter 2
Monarch

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Section⁠3.⁠The Monarch is the Supreme Head of the Country. Acts,^[3] judicial rulings, and other matters which are to be specifically specified by legal provisions must be done in the name of the Monarch.

Section⁠4.⁠The one who is the Monarch of the Country is Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramin Maha Prajadhipok Phra Pokklao Chaoyuhua. Success-

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Compilation of Constitutions of the Kingdom of Thailand Dated 2475–2517 BE
(Including Their Amendments)

1. In this document, the monarch is merely referred to as kasat (Thai: กษัตริย์) without the traditional honorific phra maha (Thai: พระมหา; literally, "great [and] divine"). In 2022, Chonthicha Jaengraew was charged with lèse-majesté for referring to a Thai king with the mere word of kasat, amongst other alleged acts (Prachatai, 2022).
2. Literally, "Assembly of People's Representatives".
3. Referring to statutes. Literally translating as "divine royal enactments".