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 The Monarch selects and appoints one President of the Privy Council and not more than eighteen other Privy Councillors, who compose the Privy Council.

Selection, appointment, and vacation of positions of the President of the Privy Council and other Privy Councillors shall be at the royal pleasure.

The President of the National Legislative Assembly shall countersign the appointment of the President of the Privy Council, and the President of the Privy Council shall countersign the appointment of other Privy Councillors.

There shall be a National Legislative Assembly composed of Members numbering not more than two hundred and fifty, who are appointed by the Monarch from amongst the persons of the Thai nationality by birth and of the age not lower than thirty-five years.

The National Legislative Assembly shall serve as the House of Representatives, Senate, and National Assembly.

In recruiting persons for appointment as Members of the National Legislative Assembly, due regard shall be had to persons from various groups in the public sector, private sector, social sector, and academic sector in all regions.

In the event that a law prohibits a person from holding a political position, such law shall not apply to the status of being appointed as a Member of the National Legislative Assembly.

The membership of a Member of the National Legislative Assembly terminates upon—

death;

resignation;

lack of such qualification as designated in section 5;

holding of a position of Minister;

removal from the membership by a resolution adopted by the National Legislative Assembly according to section 8.

The Monarch appoints [from amongst] the Members of the National Legislative Assembly one as President of the National Legislative Assembly and one or several as Vice Presidents of the National Legislative Assembly, according to a resolution of the National Legislative Assembly.

The stipulations of section 6 shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the vacation of positions of the President and Vice Presidents of the National Legislative Assembly.

The President of the Council for National Security shall countersign the appointment of Members of the National Legislative Assembly and the appointment of the President and Vice Presidents of the National Legislative Assembly.