Part 4
National Anti-Corruption Commission
Section 232. The National Anti-Corruption Commission shall consist of nine commissioners appointed by the King upon the advice of the Senate from persons selected by the selection committee.
The selected persons must be persons with evident integrity who have knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of law, accounting, economy, administration of State affairs or in any other field which is beneficial to the prevention and suppression of corruption, and shall have any of the qualifications as follows:
- (1) serving or having served in the official service in a position not lower than Chief Justice, Chief Justice of the Administrative Court of First Instance, Chief Justice of the Central Military Court, or Director-General of a State Attorney Department for a period of not less than five years;
- (2) serving or having served in the official service in a position not lower than a Director-General or an equivalent head of the government agency for a period of not less than five years;
- (3) being or having been in a position of the chief executive of a State enterprise or other State agency which is not a government agency or a State enterprise for a period of not less than five years;
- (4) holding or having held a position of professor in a university in Thailand for a period of not less than five years, and currently having renowned academic work;
- (5) being or having been a practitioner of a profession certified by law who has regularly and continuously practiced the profession for a period of not less than twenty years up to the date of nomination, and having been certified by the professional organisation of such profession;
- (6) being a person with knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of management, public finance, accounting or enterprise management at the level of not lower than a chief executive of a public company limited for a period of not less than ten years;
- (7) having been in the position under (1), (2), (3), (4) or (6) for a total period of not less than ten years.
The counting of the period of time under paragraph two shall be made up to the date of nomination or the date of the application for selection, as the case may be.
Section 233. The National Anti-Corruption Commissioners shall hold office for a term of seven years as from the date of appointment by the King, and shall serve for only one term.
