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 (M. Rolin-Jaequemyns), General Adviser; Monsieur Richard Jacques Kirkpatrick, a Belgian jurist, Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Justice; and Doctor Tokichi Masao, a Japanese jurist, then Secretary to the General Adviser.

"M. Kirkpatrick died before the labours of the Commission were completed, and his place was taken by M. Corneille Schlesser, another Belgian jurist, who, together with Doctor Tokichi Masao, proceeded with and concluded the work of examining and selecting the laws considered suitable to be retained and incorporated in a proposed Code relating to crime.

"In the year 123 of the Ratanakosindra Era (A. C. 1904), We also procured the services of Monsieur Georges Padoux, a French jurist, as Legislative Adviser to Our Government, and as the codification of a Penal Law, in amplification of the work performed by the Royal Commission already mentioned, had yet to be accomplished, We then appointed another Commission to undertake the same, composed of the following: Monsieur Georges Padoux, Legislative Adviser (President); Mr. William Alfred Tilleke, Acting Attorney-General; Phra Athakar Prasiddhi, Judge of the Court for Foreign Causes; and Luang Sakol Satyathor, Judge of the Civil Court.

"This Commission having completed its work, the Penal Code as drawn up by it, was submitted to Us as well as communicated to all the heads of the State Departments which will be interested in its operation, and We referred it for final consideration and revision to the following Committee of our Ministers of State: Our brother, the Krom Luang Damrong Rajanobhab, Minister for the Interior (president); Our brother, the Krom Luang Nares Varariddhi, Minister of Local Government; Our brother, the Krom Luang Devawongse Varoprakar, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Our son, the Prince of Rajburi, Minister of Justice.

"In addition, a special Sub-Committee, for the purpose of dealing with the wording of the text and making comparisons with the old laws, was also appointed by Us, composed of the following: Our brother, the Krom Khun Siridaja Sangkas, Member of the Supreme Court of Appeal; Phya Pracha Kitkorachak, Member of the Supreme Court of Appeal; and Pra Boriraks Chaturong, of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Prince of Rajburi having to accompany Us on Our recent tour in Europe, about the same time, his place on the Committee above mentioned was filled by Dr. Tokichi Masao, Member of Our Supreme Court of Appeal, and Mr. J. Stewart Black, Barrister-at-Law, also Member of Our Supreme Court of Appeal, during the whole time of his absence.

"This Committee and Sub-Committee, working in unison with the Commission presided over by M. Georges Padoux, concluded their labours in September, R. S. 126 (A. C. 1907). The Draft Penal Code, as revised by them, has been submitted