Section 17 A qualified member shall hold office for a term of four years.

Vacating member may be re-appointed but shall not hold office in excess of two consecutive terms.

Section 18 Apart from the vacation of office upon the expiration of the term, a qualified member shall vacate office upon:
(1) death;
(2) resignation;
(3) being dismissed by the Prime Minister on account of the deficiency, dishonesty or misbehavior;
(4) being declared bankrupt;
(5) being declared an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person;
(6) being imprisoned by a final judgment, except for a negligent or petty offence;
(7) absenting from the meetings for three consecutive occasions without reasonable cause.

Section 19 In case where a qualified member vacates office prior to the expiration of his term of office, the Prime Minister shall
appoint another person of the same qualification to fill the vacancy; except when such remaining period of the term is less than ninety days, in
which case a new appointment may not be required. The appointed member shall hold office for the remaining period of the term of office of
the member replaced.

Section 20 In case where a qualified member vacates office at the expiration of the term of office and a new member has not been
appointed, such member shall continue in office until a new member has been appointed to assume office.

Section 21 For a meeting of the Committee, the presence of not less than one-half of the total number of members is required to
constitute a quorum.

In case where the chairman of the Committee is not present or is unable to perform the duty, then the vice-chairman of the Committee
shall preside over the meeting. If the vice-chairman is also not present or is unable to perform the duty, the members present shall elect one among them to act as chairman of the meeting.

The decision of a meeting shall be made by majority of votes. Each member shall have one vote. In the case of a tie, the chairman of the meeting shall have an additional vote as a casting vote.

The Committee shall hold a meeting at least three times a year.

Section 22 There shall be a Coordinating and Monitoring of Anti-Trafficking in Persons Performance Committee to be called "CMP
Committee" in brief, consisting of the Deputy Prime Minister, being assigned by the Prime Minister, as chairman, the Minister of Social
Development and Human Security, as vice chairman, the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Secretary for Tourism and
Sports, the Permanent Secretary for Social Development and Human Security, the Permanent Secretary for Interior, the Permanent Secretary
for Justice, the Permanent Secretary for Labour, the Permanent Secretary for Education, the Permanent Secretary for Public Health, the Attorney General, the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, the Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration, the Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, the Secretary-General of the Anti-Money Laundering Board, the Secretary-
General of the National Human Rights Commission, the Secretary- General of the National Security Council, the Governor of Bangkok
Metropolitan Administration, and eight qualified persons appointed by the Minister from experts who have had no less than seven years
professional experiences in the fields of prevention, suppression, rehabilitation and international cooperation on the issues of trafficking in
persons, two from each field, provided that not less than one half appointed from the private sector, as members, and the Deputy Permanent
Secretary for Social Development and Human Security shall be a member and the secretary.

The CMP Committee shall have power to appoint a government official or anyone from the private sector to serve as assistant
secretary of the Committee.

The qualified members in paragraph one must be female not less than one half.

Section 23 The CMP Committee shall have powers and duties as follows:
(1) to prepare and monitor the performance according to the implementation and coordination plans of the agencies concerned,
whether they be at the central, regional or local level, or in the community and civil society, to ensure the consistency with the policies,
strategies and measures on the prevention and suppression of trafficking in persons;
(2) to prepare and monitor the implementation of plans and guidelines regarding the capacity building for personnel responsible for
prevention and suppression of trafficking in persons;
(3) to formulate and monitor campaigns to inform and educate the public in relation to the prevention and suppression of
trafficking in persons;
(4) to monitor, evaluate and report to the Committee the performance according to the policies, strategies, measures, together with
the performance under this Act;
(5) to follow up, and report to the Committee the performance under the international obligations, cooperation and
coordination with the foreign bodies on the issues of the prevention and suppression of trafficking in persons;
(6) to lay down rules and approve the payment and disposal of property of the Fund under Section 44(4);
(7) to prepare and monitor the implementation plans under this Act with a view to achieve the highest efficiency of law enforcement and to be in line with the law on anti-money laundering, the law on the national counter corruption and any other related laws, including international obligations.
(8) to perform any other acts as entrusted by the Committee.

Section 24 Section 17, Section 18, Section 19, Section 20, and Section 21 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the assumption of office,
vacation of office, and meetings of the CMP Committee.

The CMP Committee shall hold a meeting at least six times a year.

Section 25 The Committee and the CMP Committee may appoint a sub-committee or a working group to consider, give advice and
execute any matter entrusted by the Committee and the CMP Committee.

The provision of Section 21 paragraph one, two and three shall apply mutatis mutandis to the meetings of any sub-committee or working group.

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