TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
Section 292. The Privy Council holding office on the date of the promulgation of this Constitution shall be the Privy Council under the provisions of this Constitution.
Section 293. The National Legislative Assembly under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2549 (2006) shall act as the National Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate under the provisions of this Constitution until there shall be the first sitting of the National Assembly under section 127.
During the time under paragraph one, if any provisions of this Constitution or any other law require a counter-signature by the President of the National Assembly, the President of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate, then the President of the National Legislative Assembly shall be a countersignatory.
At the initial stage, if it is apparent that the Senate has not yet been constituted at the time when the first sitting is required under section 127, the National Legislative Assembly shall, with the exception of the consideration of persons for taking office or removing from office in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, continue to act as the Senate until the Senate is duly constituted under this Constitution and any act performed by the National Legislative Assembly during such time shall be regarded as the act performed by the Senate, and in the case where any provisions of this Constitution or any other law require a countersignature by the President of the National Assembly, the President of the National Legislative Assembly shall be a counter-signatory.
The provisions of section section 93, section 94, section 101, section 102, section 106, section 109, section 111, section 113, section 114, section 115, section 119, section 120, section 197 paragraph four, section 261 and the provisions of any law that prohibit persons from holding political positions shall not apply to the holding of office of a member of the National Legislative Assembly.
The provision of section 153 shall apply to the termination of the National Legislative Assembly mutatis mutandis.
Section 294. The Constitution Drafting Assembly and the Constitution Drafting Commission under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2549 (2006) shall cease to exist on the date of the promulgation of this Constitution.
For the purpose of avoidance of a conflict of interests, a member of the Constitution Drafting Commission shall not be a candidate for an election of members of the House of Representatives or hold office of senator within two years as from the date of the vacation of office under paragraph one.
Section 295. The National Legislative Assembly shall complete the consideration of the Organic Bill on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives and the Acquisition of Senators, the Organic Bill on Political Parties and the Organic Bill on the Election Commission as received from the Constitution Drafting Commission within the time specified in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim) B.E. 2549 (2006).
In the case where, upon the lapse of the time under paragraph one, the National Legislative Assembly has not yet completed the consideration of such Organic Bills, the President of the National Legislative Assembly shall present the Organic Bills as prepared by the Constitution Drafting Commission to the King within seven days for His signature as if the National Legislative Assembly had approved such Organic Bills.
While the Organic Act on Political Parties and the Organic Act on the Election Commission under paragraph one have not yet come into force, the Organic Act on Political Parties, B.E. 2541 (1998) and the Organic Act on the Election Commission B.E. 2541 (1998) shall continue to be in force until such Organic Acts shall come into force.
Section 296. An election of members of the House of Representatives under this Constitution shall be held and completed within ninety days and action shall be taken for acquiring senators under this Constitution within one hundred and fifty days, as from the day the Organic Acts under section 295 come into force.
In the first general election of members of the House of Representatives after the promulgation of this Constitution, a person eligible for candidacy in the election shall be a member of any single political party for a period of not less than thirty days up to the election day. For this purpose, the required period under section 101 (4) (a) shall be replaced by the period of one year whilst the required period under section 101 (4) (c) and (d) shall be replaced by the period of two years.