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Members of the Royal Institute are of three types, namely—

associate fellows;

fellows;

honorary fellows.

An associate fellow is a person qualified according to section 13 and distinguished according to section 14, who applies for an associate fellowship of any academy according to the rules of the Council of the Royal Institute and is admitted as an associate fellow by a resolution of such academy.

An applicant for an associate fellowship must be qualified and not disqualified as follows:

having the Thai nationality;

having the age not lower than full thirty-five years;

not being an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person;

not having been imprisoned by a final judgment of imprisonment, except when it was for an offence committed negligently or petty offence;

not having serious misconduct.

An applicant for an associate fellowship must be distinguished as an expert in any discipline of knowledge with an academic degree, certificate, or office not lower than that designated in the rules of the Council of the Royal Institute, and must have used such distinguishment to express ability in any of the following manners:

having expressed the ability in performing work to the extent of gaining recognised reputation and credit in academic, artistic, or professional affairs;

having innovated or improved an invention, process, or academic principle which the Royal Institute finds to be of recognised benefit;

having composed or translated a literary work which the Royal Institute finds to be of considerable excellence, provided that the work has already been published.

Designation of the number of the associate fellows that can be in each academy, the criteria and procedure for the making of applications, and the procedure for admission of associate fellows, shall be in accordance with the rules of the Council of the Royal Institute.