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Anti-Corruption Act Section 9 — Composition of the NACC and commissioner qualifications
Organic Act on Counter Corruption (พระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญว่าด้วยการป้องกันและปราบปรามการทุจริต) — Section 9.
Plain-English Summary
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has nine commissioners, appointed by the King on the advice of the Senate from persons put forward by a selection committee. Nominees must have knowledge, expertise and experience in a field useful to preventing and suppressing corruption, and must also meet one of several experience tracks (for example, at least five years in a senior government or state-enterprise post, at least five years as a university professor, at least twenty years in a profession recognised and certified by its professional body, or at least ten years in a senior executive position at a public limited company). Section 10 adds that a commissioner must be Thai by birth, aged at least forty-five and not over seventy, hold at least a bachelor's degree, have manifest integrity and adequate health; Section 18 sets a seven-year term, one term only.
Official Text
Official Thai text at the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State. Translation summary only.
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Organic Act on Counter Corruption
พระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญว่าด้วยการป้องกันและปราบปรามการทุจริต · B.E. 2561 (2018)
The Organic Act on Counter Corruption B.E. 2561 (2018) is the organic law that governs the structure, powers and procedures of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC): its nine-member composition and qualifications, its powers to investigate state officials and political office holders, the duty of designated officials to file accounts of assets and liabilities, the unusual-wealth procedure under which assets can be forfeited to the State by court order, and the offences and penalties for corruption in office and bribery, including bribery of foreign and international officials. It re-enacts the organic law and replaced the Organic Act on Counter Corruption B.E. 2542 (1999); the NACC investigates and refers cases to the Attorney General for prosecution.
The summary above is a plain-English educational paraphrase of Section 9 of the Organic Act on Counter Corruption. It is not an authoritative translation. For the binding Thai text, consult the Royal Gazette or the Office of the Council of State. Educational use only — not a substitute for advice from a Thai-qualified lawyer.
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