Section 10. The Meeting of FTC must be attended by not less than one-half of the total number of members to constitute a quorum.

If the chairman is not present or is unable to carry out his duty, the members present shall elect one among themselves to preside over the meeting.

Section 11. The decision of the meeting shall be by a majority of votes.

In casting votes, each member shall have one vote; if the votes are equal, the person who presides over the meeting shall have an additional vote as the casting vote.

Section 12. FTC has the power to appoint a sub-committee to carry out activities or to consider matters which are within the scope of powers and duties of the Committee.

The provisions of section 10 and section 11 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the meeting of the sub-committee.

Section 13. A revolving fund shall be established in the Ministry of Commerce to finance the expenses in connection with the promotion of international trade to be called International Trade Promotion Fund comprising money and other properties as follows:

(1) surcharges under section 6;
(2) money and other properties received from the Government or
other domestic or international sources or international organisations or other person;
(3) interest accrued from the Fund.

Money and other properties under paragraph one shall belong to the Fund without having to be remitted to the Treasury as State revenue.

The rules and procedure on the administration and allocation of proceeds of the Fund shall be in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Minister of Commerce with the approval of the Council of Ministers.

Section 14. The Minister of Commerce shall have the power to deposit the proceeds of the Fund in a saving or fixed account at the bank which is a State enterprise and to receive interest accrued therefrom or purchase government securities.

Section 15. The Minister of Finance shall have the power to publish in the Government Gazette the Notification specifying any port or place within the Kingdom through which goods may be exported or imported under this Act.

Section 16. The customs laws and the powers of the customs officials thereunder specifically concerning examination of goods and prevention of smuggling, search, seizure and forfeiture, arrest of offenders, false declarations and legal proceedings shall also apply to exports and imports under this Act.

Section 17. For the execution of this Act, the competent officials shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) to enter any office, place of production or warehouse or any vehicle belonging to the exporter or importer or any person during the period between sunrise and sunset or during office hours of such place to search or examine goods if there is a reason to suspect that an offence under this Act has been committed;
(2) to request relevant documents or evidence from an exporter or importer or from any person concerned therewith;
(3) to order the seizure or attachment of documents or things in connection with the commission of an offence for the purpose of instituting legal proceedings if there is a reason to suspect that an offence under this Act has been committed;
(4) to sommon any person to give statements or to provide accounts, documents or other evidence if there is a reason to believe that the same may be useful in the discovery of offences committed under this Act.

All persons concerned shall provide appropriate facilities to the competent officials in the performance of their duties.
Section 18. In the performance of their duties under this Act, the competent officials shall produce their identity cards to the persons concerned.

The identity cards of competent officials shall be in such form as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation.

Section 19. In the case where a person requires a competent

official to perform duties under this Act during holidays or outside official working hours or outside his normal place of work whether during or outside working hours, he shall pay the fees to the competent official performing such duty at the rates prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation and pay actual and necessary travelling expenses to the competent official.

Section 20. Whoever exports or imports goods prohibited under section 5 (1) or violates section 7 paragraph one, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or to a fine equivalent to five times the value of exported or imported goods, or to both, and the goods including containers and vehicles used in connection with the transport thereof as well as vehicles used in the haulage thereof shall be confiscated.

In the case where the offender has been apprehended, the Court shall, upon a motion filed by the public prosecutor, pay reward to informers thirty percent and to officers making the apprehension twenty-five per cent of the net proceeds of the sale of goods confiscated by the Court or in the case where there is no exhibits or the exhibits cannot be sold, the reward shall be deducted from the fine paid to the Court.

In the case where there is no informer, a reward of thirty percent of the net proceeds of the sale of goods confiscated by the Court shall be given to the officer making the apprehension or in the case where the exhibits are not confiscated or cannot be sold, the reward shall be deducted from the fine paid to the Court.

In the case where there are several informers or officers making the apprehension, the reward shall be equally shared among them.

In the case where there are exhibits but no offender has been apprehended, the Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade shall, with the approval of the Minister of Commerce, have the power to pay the reward which shall not exceed the rate prescribed in this section from the net proceeds of the sale of exhibits which become vested in the State.

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