Section 11. A chamber of commerce, which has been granted a license and registered, shall become a juristic person.
Section 12. If a chamber of commerce license is lost or destroyed, the chamber of commerce shall apply for a license substitute.
Section 13. A chamber of commerce must have regulations, and such regulations must, at least contain the following particulars :
(1) name ;
(2) objects ;
(3) office address ;
(4) procedures for admitting and excluding a member to and from the chamber of commerce, as well as the rights and duties of a member ;
(5) the operation of the chamber of commerce, the appointment, retirement and meeting of the directors, as well as the general meeting.
The regulations of a chamber of commerce must be registered with the Registrar at the same time of the filing of an application to establish the chamber of commerce. If the Registrar considers it appropriate, he may order the regulations to be amended before issuing a license.
Section 14. Only one Changwat chamber of commerce may be established and may exist in each Changwat, except in Changwat Phra Nakorn and Changwat Thon Buri where there shall be only one Changwat chamber of commerce called the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Only one foreign chamber of commerce for each nationality may be established and may exist exclusively in Changwat Phra Nakorn or in Changwat Thon Buri.
Section 15. The Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand may be established
jointly by the Thai Chamber of Commerce, foreign chambers of commerce, trade associations, State enterprises and co - operative societies.
Section 16. The name of a chamber of commerce must be in Thai characters, but may be accompanied by foreign characters after or below the Thai characters, and the name used must only be that contained in the regulations. No instiution shall use the phrases, " Changwat Chamber of Commerce, Thai Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Chamber of Commerce or the Commerce of the Council of the Chambers of Commerec of Thailand " , or that of a similar meaning, as a part of its name without being a chamber of commerce under this Act.
A chamber of commerce shall have a clearly legible name - plate placed in front of its office
Section 17. No person, not being a chamber of commerce, shall use a name containing " chamber of commerce " or " The Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand " in Thai characters of foreign characters which can be translated or read as
" Chamber of Commerce " or " The Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand " in a seal, name - plate, letter, notice, or other business documents except in an application to establish a chamber of commerce.
Section 18. The Registrar shall have the power to issue a written order requiring any person to appear for enquiry or to send a document for the purpose of the consideration concerning an application to establish a chamber of commerce.
Chapter 3
Member and Board of Directors of a Chamber of Commerce
Section 19. members of a chamber of commerce are only 4 categories, as follows :
(1) ordinary member;
(2) extraordinary member;
(3) associate member;
(4) honorary member;
Only an ordinary member has a right to be elected as a director of the chamber of commerce
Section 20. Subject to section 21, a member of a Changwat chamber of commerce must have a domicile in the Changwat where such chamber of commerce is situated, and must be a natural person of Thai nationality of a juristic person of which partners or shareholders holding more than one - half of its capital are of Thai nationality, and is a person engaged in a trading, industrial, agricultural, financial or economic enterprise, or must be a trade association more than one - half of the total number of members of which are of Thai nationality or must be a State enterprise or a co - operative society.
A natural person or a juristic person, not being of Thai nationality, or a trade association,
More than one-half of the total number of members of which are aliens, may only be an
Associate member of a Changwat chamber of commerce.
A Changwat chamber of commerce must be a member of the Thai Chamber of
Commerce.
Section 21. The Thai Chamber of Commerce consists of members having domicile in Changwat Phra Nakorn or Changwat Thon Buri, who are natural persons of Thai nationality or juristic persons of which partners or shareholders holding more than one - half of its capital are of Thai nationality, and are persons engaged in trading, industrial, agricultural, financial, or economic enterprises, or are State enterprises, or co - operative societies of Changwat chambers of commerce.
Section 22. A foreign chamber of commerce consists of members who have domicile in Changwat Phra Nakorn or Changwat Thon Buri the majority of which are natural persons of a foreign nationality or juristic persons of which partners of shareholders holding more than one- half of its capital inclusive of that of its branches registered abroad, are of a foreign nationality, and are persons engaged in trading, industrial, agricultural, financial or economic enterprises.
A foreign chamber of commerce must be a member of the Council of the Chambers of commerce of Thailand.
Section 23. The Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand consists of members who are representatives of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the number of which is not less than one - half of the number of members of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce of Thailand, five representatives from each of the foreign chambers of commerce, two representatives from each trade association, State enterprise, and co - operative society.
A natural person or juristic person, being a member of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, a foreign chamber of commerce, a trade association or a co - operative society, may only be an associate member of the Council of the Chambers Commerce of Thailand.
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