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 The reasons for promulgation of this Act are as follows: Because the Royal Institute Act, 2485 Buddhist Era, has long been in application and the works which fall under the duties of the Royal Institute have greatly expanded, whether in regard to the conduct of investigation and research or in connection with the provision of academic services to the Government, state agencies, and the public, especially the work of updating and revising the Royal Institute Dictionary to make it more complete and modern, capable of being used as the standard for writing, reading, and speaking the Thai language in a uniformly correct manner, the work of producing encyclopaedias, directories, and taxonomies in various academic fields, the work of producing dictionaries and coining academic terms in important fields, the work of coining Thai academic terms from foreign languages for the public to use in studying and investigating into foreign-language textbooks and for the promotion of the standard use of Thai academic terms instead of foreign terms, as well as the role as an academic centre for conservation of the Thai language with a view to strengthening the identities of the Thai language; it is appropriate to improve the structure of the organisation and its systems for management of academic and administrative works, and to expand its powers and duties for the creation of a wider range of academic works in line with its current roles, missions, duties, and circumstances. It is therefore necessary to enact this Act.