7 Section 21. While being in office, a member of the Board shall: (1) not being a government official holding a permanent position or receiving salary or an official or employee of a State enterprise or other State agencies, except a lecturer in a State’s university; (2) not being a person holding political position, a member of a local assembly, local administrator or a member of the Board of Directors of, a person who is responsible for the administration of, or an official of, a political party; (3) not being a member of the Board of Directors of a State enterprise or other State agencies; (4) not being a partner, a member of the Board of Directors or an official of a partnership or company carrying out the radio, television or telecommunication business or of a partnership or company that produce the program for the Organisation. A person appointed by the Prime Minister as a member of the Board that being under any of the prohibitions under paragraph one shall quit such prohibitions as from the date of appointment. If that person fails to quit such prohibitions within the prescribed period, it shall be deemed that that person has never been appointed as a member of the Board and the selection for a member of the Board in replace of that person shall be undertaken. Section 22. The Chairperson and a member of the Board shall not have interest in any affair done with the Organisation or in the affair competing against the affair of the Organisation, whether directly or indirectly, except where he has been entrusted by the Board to take administration of, or enter into joint ventures with, any other person or juristic person. Section 23. A member of the Board holds office for a term of four years. At the outset, four members of the Board shall, after the completion of two years, vacate office by drawing lots and it shall be deemed that those members vacate office at the end of the term. At the end of the term of office under paragraph one, if the new members of the Board have not been appointed, the members of the Board who vacate office shall remain in office to continue their duties until the newly appointed members have been appointed. A member of the Board who vacates office may be reappointed, but not more than two consecutive terms. Section 24. In addition to vacating office at the end of the term, a member of the Board vacates office upon: (1) death; (2) resignation; (3) being disqualified or being under any of the prohibitions under section 19; (4) violating section 21 or section 22; (5) having been sentenced by a judgment to a term of imprisonment irrespective of whether the case becomes final or the sentence has been suspended, except for an offence committed through negligence, a petty offence or defamation where the case has not been final or the sentence has been suspended. © 2009, Pakorn Nilprapunt, Office of the Council of State of Thailand (www.krisdika.go.th www.lawreform.go.th) Remark: Reference to Thai legislation in any jurisdiction shall be made to the Thai version only. This translation has been made so as to establish correct understanding about this Act to foreigners.