Section 24. The Boards of the Chambers of commerce shall be as follows :
(1) The Board of the Changwat chamber of commerce, consisting of the directors
elected from ordinary members by the general meeting, of the number in accordance with the regulations of such Changwat chamber of commerce ;
(2) The Board of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, consisting of the directors elected
from ordinary members by the general meeting, of the number in accordance with the
regulations of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, but not less than three of whom must be elected from the members who are the representatives of the various Changwat chambers of commerce ;
(3) The Board of a foreign chamber of commerce, consisting of the directors elected
from ordinary members by the general meeting of the foreign chamber of commerce, of the number in accordance with the regulations of such foreign chamber of commerce ;
(4) The Board of the Council of the Chambers Commerce of Thailand consisting of :
(a) Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce as its ex - officio Chairman
(b) two Vice-Chairmen; the Board of the Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand shall elect the first Vice - Chairman from the directors of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the second Vice - Chairman from the directors of the foreign chambers of commerce ;
(c) every Chairman of a foreign chamber of commerce as a director ;
(d) members representing the trade associations,totalling four in number, elected by the general meeting of the Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand, as directors ;
(e) members representing the Thai Chamber of Commerce of the number equal
to those of the directors in (c) and (d) together elected by the general meeting of the Council of the Chambers of Commerce of Thailand, as directors ;
(f) members representing the State enterprises and the co - operative societies, totalling
Chapter 4
Operation of a Chamber of Commerce
Section 25. A chamber of commerce shall have a Board to operate the chamber of commerce and to be its representative in dealing with outsiders. For this purpose, the Board may authorize one or more directors to act on its behalf.
Section 26. Apart from the retirement under the regulations of a chamber of commerce, a director of the chamber of commerce shall vacate his office upon being a bankrupt or punished by a final judgement under this Act, and is henceforth disqualified from being a director in any
chamber of commerce unless a period of three years has elapsed from the discharge from bankruptcy or the day of the discharge from punishment.
Section 27. A member of a chamber of commerce has a right to demand the examination of the activities and the property of the chamber of commerce by filling a written application with the chamber of commerce.
Section 28. a chamber of commerce shall have the following duties :
(1) to promote trade, industry, agriculture, finance and economy in general, such as to collect statistics, to disseminate trade information, to research in connection with trade and economy, to promote tourism, to issue a certificate of the origin of goods, to fix the quality standard of goods, to check the standard of goods, to establish and operate an educational establishment concerning trade and economy, to establish and operate a trade centre, to arrange a trade exhibition, to be an arbitrator in a trade dispute ;
(2) to give advice and make recommendation to a member concerning trade, industry, agriculture, finance or economy, and to provide various facilities in the business operation of a member ;
(3) to give advice and make recommendation to the government for the economic development of the country ;
(4) to co - ordinate in trading between persons engaged in trade and the government;
(5) to conduct other activities as may be specified by law to be the duties of the chamber of commerce, or as may be entrusted by the government.
Section 29. Subject to section 28, a chamber of commerce shall not act in any of the following :
(1) engaging itself in an enterprise, or managing an enterprise of its member, or participation in, holding the shares of, being a partner or contributing capital to, the engagement of an enterprise with any person ;
(2) acting in any way to suppress or increase the price of goods or service excessively or causing unstability concerning the price of goods or services ;
(3) giving or lending money to a member or any other persons except for public charity or under a moral obligation or social appropriateness ;
(4) acting in any way to increase, reduce or restrict production, amount of goods distributed or other services, and such action is detrimental to the domestic or foreign market of trade, finance, or economy of the country ;
(5) acting in any way to destroy competition which may normally be entertained in the engagement of an enterprise except where it is an implementation of a governmental policy or regulation ;
(6) acting in any way that may be a threat to the economy or security of the country or to public order or good morals ;
(7) obstructing or preventing any person who is qualified to be a member under the regulations of the chamber of commerce from becoming a member, or forcing a person in any way against his will to become a member, or forcing a member by a dishonest motive to resign from the chamber of commerce, or contrary to the regulations of the chamber of commerce ;
(8) disclosing statistics, documents or information concerning the private interest of any member except with a written consent from such member ;
(9) authorizing or permitting any person who is not a director to perform the duty of a director.
Section 30. A chamber of commerce shall not distribute profit or income among its members, or carry on a political activity.
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