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Charter of the Courts of Justice Amendment,
2473 Buddhist Era


Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramin Maha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chaoyuhua gives a great royal command by which He declares to all as follows:

Whereas He entertains an opinion that it is appropriate to amend the Charter of the Courts of Justice to better benefit the public service and expedite the trial and adjudication of cases;

He orders with His gracious pleasure that enacted shall be an Act containing the following sections:

Section1.This Act shall be called the "Charter of the Courts of Justice Amendment, 2473 Buddhist Era".

Section2.This Act shall come into force from the 1st day of April 2474 Buddhist Era[1] onwards.

Section3.Articles 2 and 3 of the Announcement Regarding Modification of the Powers of Circle Courts, 128 RE (2452 BE), shall be repealed.

Section4.Paragraph 1 of section 19 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice, 127 RE (2451 BE), shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:

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"Section19.A circle court shall have a chief judge and other judges. A panel competent to exercise full power of the court to try and adjudicate upon cases shall be established by participation of two judges.[2]

A provincial court shall have not less than two judges and a panel competent to exercise full power of the court to try and adjudicate upon cases shall be established by participation of two judges.

A mere single judge has the power to try and adjudicate upon cases in circle courts and provincial courts, if the cases are subject to his positional power to conduct trials and render judgments.

A municipal court may merely have one judge.

The chief judge or his representative shall lead, and have the power to command, judges of all the courts in the circle."

Section5.Section 26 of the Charter of the Courts of Justice, 127 RE (2451 BE), shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:

"Section26.Provincial courts have the power to try and adjudicate upon all cases under any provision of law."

Section6.The chief judge of a circle court shall have the power to sit at every court in that circle in order to try and adjudicate upon cases or, after ​inspecting the file of any case, shall have the power to give signature as part of the adjudicative panel or to express a dissenting opinion.

Section7.The provincial courts in the metropolitan zones shall have the same powers as other provincial courts, and the chief judges of police courts and provincial courts in the metropolitan zones shall have the same powers as chief judges of circle courts over those provincial courts and their judges.

Section8.All the cases instituted before the day of coming to force of this Charter of the Courts of Justice Amendment shall be tried and enforced in accordance with former laws and ordinances.

Announced on the 9th day of January 2473 Buddhist Era, being the 6th year of the present reign.

(Royal Gazette, volume 47, dated 11 January,[3] page 349)

  1. ↑ 1931 CE. (Wikisource contributor note)
  2. ↑ In the Thai text, every judge is classified with the masculine classifier nai (Thai: นาย), which indicates that this law only allowed males to become judges. (Wikisource contributor note)
  3. ↑ 11 January 2473 BE (1931 CE). (Wikisource contributor note)
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