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Thailand Statistical Law. B.E. 2508 (1965) Bhumbibol Adulyadej,
Rex.
Given on the 30th day of August,B.E. 2508;
Being the 20th Year of the Present Reign.
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been graciously pleased to
proclaim that:
Whereas it is expedient to revise the law on statistics:
Be it, therefore, enacted by the King, by and with the advice and
consent of the Constituent Assembly, as follows:
Section 1. This Act shall be called the "Statistics
Act, B.E. 2508."
Section 2. This Act shall come into force as from the
day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
Section 3. The Statistics Act. B.E. 2495 shall be repealed.
all other laws, regulations and rules insofar as they deal with matters
government by this Act, or are contrary to, or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act shall be repealed and repealed by this Act.
Section 4. In this Act:
"Statistics" means data indicating total number collected
from censuses, surveys, records, registration, reports of other documents;
"Census" means the collection of data on popluation, housing,
agriculture, industry, business, and other activities, for statistical
purposes, by means of enumerating every unit in connection with such
subjects;
"Survey" means the collection of data on population, housing,
agriculture, industry, business, and other activities, for statistical
purposes, by means of enumerating Sample units in connection with such
subjects;
"Statistical agency" means any Ministry, Dabuang, Department
or Public Body having equivalent status to a Department office or other
Government Agency, State Enterprise, and Local Administration which
performs work of a statistical nature;
"State enterprise" means any government organization or
business agency Owned by the Government, any company or juristic partnership
in which the Government has a share of over fifty percent of the investement;
"Record" means all statements or facts, either in writing
or otherwise which are used in various work activities;
"Dwelling place" means any place which is used for habitation,
such as lodge, house, boat or floating house, including, the compound
thereof, whether fenced in or not;
"Officer" means any place which is used for habitation,
such as lodge boat and floating house, including the compound thereof
whether fenced in or not;
"Officer" means any person appointed as such by the Secretary-
General of the National Statistical Office to perform any function under
this Act;
"Competent officer" means any official appointed as such
by the Prime Minister to perform any function under this Act;
Section 5. The National Statistical Office is authorized
to perform the following statistical activities;
-
 compile statistics from all statistical
agencies;
- plan and conduct all censuses;
- promote and develop government as well
as private statistical activities;
- plan, co-ordinate and direct technical
aspects of all government statistical projects and activities;
- collaborate with, and participate in
the co-ordination of the work of all statistical agencies in the assembling,
compilation and nalysis of statistics;
- make recommendations to, or advise other
statistical agencies on plans, methodology, forms, questionnaires, and
other documents, such as handbooks, and instructions which are to be
used for statistical purposes;
- conduct or direct sample surveys, or
collect, abstract, compile and analyse statistics relating to the basic
conditions of the country obtained from censuses and surveys;
- supervise statistical agencies in the
technical aspects of planning sample surveys, or in collecting and analysing
statistics;
- conduct or direct research on statistical
techniques;
- issue periodicals and publish statistical
data;
- maintain a library of books and technical
documents pertaining to statistics, and exchange the said books and
documents;
- direct and promote the study of and
training in statistics;
- collaborate with, and participate in
the co-ordination of the work of foreign states or international organizations
Section 6. The Secretary-General of the National
Statistical Office shall have the power to appoint officers to perform
any function under this Act.
Section 7.There shall be a National Statistical Commission,
consisting of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and not more than ten other members,
appointed bt the Cabinet, as well as representatives from every Ministry
as members ex-officio. The Secretary-General of the National Statistical
Office shall serve as member and Secretary.
Section 8. The National Statistical Commission shall
serve as an advisory body to the National Statistical Office.
Section 9. The Members of the National Statistical
Commission as appointed by the Cabinet shall serve for a term of three
years.
In the event that an appointment to the Statistical Commission must
be made during a term of office, whether to appoint addition members
or for replacement, the newly appointed member(s) shall serve for the
remaining period of the present term.
Any member of the National Statistical Commission who has completed
his term may be re-appointed.
Section 10. Aside from the termination of office
according to the provisions under Section 9, the membership of the National
Statistical Commission shall terminate upon;
- death;
- resignation;
- bankruptcy;
- incompetence or quasi-incompetence;
- imprisonment by a final court decision,
except for petty offences committed through negligence.
Section 11. At the meetings of the National Statistical
Commission, not less than one half of all the members must be present
so as to constitute a quorum.
If the Chairman is absent from the meeting, the Vice-Chairman shall
act as Chairman. If both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are absent from
the meeting, the members shall elect a member to act as chairman.
Section 12. The decision of the meetings shall be
by a majority vote.
Each member shall have one vote. In case of a tie, the Chairman shall
cast an additional vote as the decisive vote.
Section 13. If, to perform its functions as charged,
the National Statistical Commission deems it appropriate to appoint
a Subcommittee to perform any activity as assigned, or to call upon
any person for information, explanation, advice or opinion, it may do
so.
The provisions of Section 11 and Section 12 shall apply to meetings
of the Subcommittee, mutatis mutandis.
Section 14. Any statistical agency wishing to submit
budget requests for the undertaking of statistical activities, shall
send its project proposal stating details of the plan and methodology,
together with the estimated expenditure in the form designated by the
National Statistical Office, to the National Statistical Office for
prior consideration and approval.
Section 15. Whenever a census or survey is to be
conducted under any statistical project, it shall be prescribed in a
Royal Decree.
In the Royal Decree, there shall be, at least, prescribed, the following;
- duration of Royal Decree;
- objectives of the census or survey;
- areas designated for the census of survey;
- persons who shall complete the forms
or questionnaires;
- statistical agencies responsible for
the undertaking of the census or survey.
Section 16. Upon prescription of a Royal Decree under
Section 15, the Secretary-General shall issue a proclamation stating;
- the forms and questionnaires, and procedures
for completing such documents;
- the period during which the competent
officer or officer shall send the forms or questionnaires to the person
who is to complete them;
- the period during which the information
shall return the completed forms or questionnaires to the competent
officer, officer or statistical agency.
The proclaration under this section shall be published in the Government
Gazette.
Section 17. If the competent officer or officer does
not meet the person who is to complete the forms or questionnaires,
or a person designated in his place, the competent officer or officer
should deliver such forms or questionnaires to any person over 20 years
of age, living or working in the dwelling place or office of such person,
or post the forms or questionnaires in a place where they can be easily
seen.
After a period of fifteen days from the date of posting such documents
as stated above, it shall be considered as having been duly received
by the said person.
Section 18. The competent officer or offcer shall
have the power to enter the dwelling place or office of the person who
must complete the forms or questionnaires during any time between sunrise
and sunset, in order to examine any evidence or documents relating to
the completion of the forms or questionnaires, or to check the accuracy
of the statements and figures which are recorded in the forms or questionnaires.
In such a case, the individual concerned shall give reasonable facilities
to the competent officer or officer.
Section 19. When performing his duties, the competent
officer or officer shall, upon request, show his identity card to the,
person concerned.
Section 20. The identity card of the competent officer
or officer shall follow the form stipulated under Section 20 of the
Ministrial Regulations. The statistical agencies shall send copies of
every statistical item which is compiled to the National Statistical
Office.
Section 21. All statements or figures, on an individual
basis, which are recorded in the forms or questionnaires shall be treated
as strictly confidential. No person, performing his duries under this
Act, shall reveal any information to any other person who has no duty
to perform according to this Act, except for the purpose of an inquiry
or trial of an individual accused of committing an offence under this
Act.
Section 22. Whosoever does not complete the forms
or questionnaires following the procedures as stipulated by the Secretary-General
of the National Statistical Office according to Section 12(1),or who
does not return the forms or questionnaires to the competent officer,
officer or statistical agency within the period stipulated by the Secretary-General
of the National Statistical Office according to Section 16(3), or who
does not cooperate with the competent officer or officer under Section
18, shall be liable to fine not exceeding five hundred bath.
Section 23. whosoever records statements of figures
in the form or questionnaires which he knows to false, or willfully
gives any information which is false to the competent officer or officer
performing his duty under Section 18, shall be liable to imprisonment
not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding five hundred bath,
or both.
Section 24. Whosoever violates Section 21, shall be
liable to imprisonment not exceeding six months, or a find not exceeding
one thousand baht, or both.
Section 25. The Prime Minister shall have charge and
control of execution of this Act, and shall have the power to appoint
competent officers, and to issue Ministerial Regulations.
Such Regulations shall come into force upon their publication in
the Government Gazette. Countersigned by,
Field Marshall Thanom Kittikhachon
Prime Minister
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