Status and Hierarchy of Law in Announcement or Order of National Council for Peace and Order Leader

Abstract

This article aimed to study announcement or order of the leader of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in accordance to section 44 of 2014 interim constitution of Thailand whether it is legal status. Moreover, if it contains legal status, which law would it compare with hierarchy of law in Thailand which is currently accepted. As 2014 interim constitution of Thailand was cancelled, the first paragraph of section 279 in the current constitutional law still affirms that announcement or order of the leader of National Council for Peace and Order are applied actively and continuously until being repealed. If the announcement or order have to be repealed due to any cause, the section regulates act as two methods. Firstly, it provides enactment of statute. Secondly, if announcement or order include features of administration power, cancellation and edit should be done by command of the Prime Minister or the government. In spite of the announcement or order enacted by National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) relying on section 44, it does not mean that each law is legal status; otherwise, it would be different hierarchy of law.