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 Therefore, He permits, by and with the advice and consent of the House of People’s Representatives, the enactment of the following Act:

This Act shall be called the Act Implementing Safeguards for the Constitution, 2476 Buddhist Era.

This Act shall come into force from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.

Whoever commits any act which is hostile to, or with a view to causing the people to lose appreciation of or have apprehension in, the administrative regime under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Siam, is hereby declared to be guilty of an offence for which he shall be punished with imprisonment of three years up to twenty years, or a fine of five hundred baht up to five thousand baht, or both the imprisonment and the fine, even though the said act is merely a conspiracy, or agreement, or preparation.

However, if the offence committed also comes under a different provision of law, it is hereby declared that the offender be punished in accordance with such different law or ordinance also.

For the sake of public order, when an authority from the Ministry of Interior reports that any person carries out an act