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CHAPTER IV : Penalties

                Section 34.  Any person, who fails to give statement, deliver objects, documents or evidence as summoned under section 32(2) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or to both.

 

                Section 35.  Any person, who resists or obstructs the performance of duties under section 32(3) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand Baht, or to both.

                                                                                                                  Transitory Provisions

                 Section 36.  The Selective Committee shall commence the selection proceeding for the election of members under section 8 within sixty days as from the date this Act comes into force.

 

                Section 37.  In the case where there is a selection of members when there is no President of the Supreme Administrative Court, Secretary-General of the National Human Rights Commission and private organisations under section 24, the Selective Committee under section 8 shall consist of the President of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor-General, the Chairman of the Law Council, Rectors or representatives of higher education institutions which are juristic persons, provided that each institution shall have one representative and all such representatives shall elect among themselves to be five in number, representatives of private organisations in the field of human rights that have registered with the Secretariat of the Senate within thirty days as from the date this Act comes into force, provided that each organisation shall have one representative and all such representatives shall elect among themselves to be ten in number, representatives of political parties having a member who is a member of the House of Representatives, provided that each party shall have one representative and all such representatives shall elect among themselves to be five in number, representatives of public media in the businesses of newspaper, radio broadcasting and television broadcasting, being elected from each business to be three in number and the Secretary-General of the Senate as secretary.

 

                The rules and procedures for the registration of private organisations under paragraph one shall be as specified by the President of the Senate.

 

 Countersigned by:          Chuan Leekpai

                                                Prime Minister

 

Certified Correct Translation:

 

                                                (Dr. Ackaratorn Chularat)

                                                Secretary-General of the Council of State

                                                Office of the Council of State

Posted on 2002-08-22



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