Section 153. Senators comprising not less than one-third of the total number of the existing Members of the Senate have the right to submit a motion for a general debate in the Senate for the purpose of requesting the Council of Ministers to give statements of fact or explain important problems in connection with the administration of the State affairs without a resolution to be passed.
Section 154. The submission of a motion for a general debate under section 151, section 152 or section 153, as the case may be, may be made once a year.
The provision of paragraph one shall not apply to the general debate under section 151 which is concluded with a resolution to pass over the agenda of the general debate.
Section 155. In the case where there is an important issue concerned with the security, safety or economy of the country in regards to which there should be a joint consultation between the National Assembly and the Council of Ministers, the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives may give a notice to the President of the National Assembly requesting that a general debate be held at a sitting of the National Assembly. In such case, the President of the National Assembly must hold the sitting within fifteen days as from the date the notice is received but no resolution shall be passed by the National Assembly on the issue put in the debate.
The sitting under paragraph one shall be in camera and it shall be the duty of the Council of Ministers to attend such sitting.
Part 5
Joint Sittings of the National Assembly
Section 156. The National Assembly shall hold a joint sitting in the following cases:
- (1) the approval of the appointment of the Regent under section 17;
- (2) the making of a solemn declaration by the Regent before the National Assembly under section 19;
- (3) the acknowledgement of an amendment to the Palace Law on Succession, B.E. 2467 (1924) under section 20;
- (4) the acknowledgement or approval of the succession to the Throne under section 21;
- (5) the approval of the prorogation of a session under section 121;
- (6) the opening of the session of the National Assembly under section 122;
