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 Upon having finished preparing the draft constitution according to section 29, paragraph 1, the Constitution Drafting Committee shall draw up, and finish within forty days counted from the day the preparation of the draft constitution is finished, the bills of the only organic acts that are necessary for the purpose of organising an election, in order to introduce them to the National Legislative Assembly for further proceedings. The National Legislative Assembly must finish considering them within forty-five days counted from the day it receives them from the Constitution Drafting Committee.

For the purpose of eliminating [conflicts of] interest, no Member of the Constitution Drafting Committee shall apply for candidacy in an election of Members of the House of Representatives or shall hold a position of Senator during two years counted from the day he vacates his position of Member of the Constitution Drafting Committee.

In the referendum, if the people who have the right to vote approve the promulgation of the draft new constitution through the majority of the present voters, the President of the National Legislative Assembly shall bring and present the draft constitution to [the Monarch], and once [the Monarch] has signed it, it shall be published in the Royal Gazette and become applicable.

Once the constitution has been promulgated and the Constitution Drafting Assembly has finished preparing the bills of the organic acts according to section 30, or once the period of time designated under section 30 has completed, depending on whichever is earlier, the Constitution Drafting Assembly shall terminate.

In the case that the Constitution Drafting Assembly fails to finish preparing the draft constitution within the time limit under section 29, paragraph 1, or the Constitution Drafting Assembly disapproves the draft constitution according to section 28, paragraph 2, or, in the referendum, the people disapprove the promulgation of the draft new constitution through the majority of the present voters, the Constitution Drafting Assembly shall terminate, and the Council for National Security shall hold joint meetings with the Council of Ministers to consider and improve any of the previously promulgated constitutions of the Kingdom of Thailand, which must be finished within thirty days counted from the day the disapproval is expressed in the referendum, and shall bring and present [the finished draft] to [the Monarch] in order that He would further sign it and promulgate it as a constitution.

At the joint meetings according to paragraph 1, the President of the Council for National Security shall serve as the president of the meetings.