2 “Executive Board” means the Executive Board of Thai Public Broadcasting Service; “Executive Board member” means a member of the Executive Board of Thai Public Broadcasting Service; “Director” means the Director of Thai Public Broadcasting Service. Section 4. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance shall have charge and control of the execution of this Act. CHAPTER I Establishment and Fund Section 5. There shall be established Thai Public Broadcasting Service being juristic person, to be called in brief in Thai as “Sor. Sor. Thor.” and to be called in English as Thai Public Broadcasting Service, “TPBS” in brief. The Organisation shall be public media on radio and television broadcasting and shall be State agency other than government agency or State enterprise under the law on budgetary procedure operating upon its fund, property and income. Section 6. The Organisation shall have its head office in Bangkok or any adjacent Changwat and may establish its branch office at any other place. Section 7. The Organisation shall have the following objectives: (1) to carry out radio and television broadcasting which may strengthen the development of social quality and virtue upon Thais’ value through information service provided upon accurate, thorough, balanced and strict to code of conduct basis; (2) to produce varieties, with high quality, of information, education and entertainment program proportionally without political bias and commercial benefit but adhering to the public interest; (3) to equip the public with knowledge so as to be aware of global changes for the purpose of national and local benefits through information and other beneficial services; (4) to promote freedom of information in order to strengthen democratic society where people derive information upon equal basis; (5) to support direct and indirect public participation in determining the direction of services of the Organisation for public interest; (6) to support other public interest activities. In carrying out of the objectives under (2), (3), (4) and (5), regard shall be had to thorough and equitable access and utilization of the public. Section 8. For the achievement the objectives under section 7, the Organisation shall have its principal powers and duties as follows: (1) to establish radio and television station, or to broadcast its programs through other systems or other advanced technologies, whereby service networks thereof covering the whole area of the country or establishing additional radio and television stations as its networks. In this regard, the Organisation shall not collect membership fee and shall not generate income from advertisement, except for the support provided by its supporter; © 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.