6 Within thirty days as from the date the cause of selection has occurred, if there is unable to have the entire members of the Selection Committee or if any member thereof is unable to perform his duty, the Selection Committee shall consist of its remaining members, but not less than ten members. A member of the Selection Committee shall not be eligible for nomination as a member of the Board. The members of the Selection Committee shall elect one among themselves to be Chairperson and the other one to be secretary of the Selection Committee. The rule and procedure for selection shall be determined by the Selection Committee. In so determining, regard shall be had to transparency and fairness of the selection. The Organisation shall be secretariat unit for the selection. Section 19. A person nominated as a member of the Board shall have the qualifications and shall not be under any of the prohibitions as follows: (1) being of Thai nationality; (2) being of not less than thirty-five years of age; (3) being able to perform duties independently, impartiality and honestly; (4) not being a bankrupt, incompetent or quasi-incompetent; (5) not having been sentenced by a judgment to imprisonment for a term of two years or more and the punishment has undergone for a period of less than five years on the nomination date, except for an offence committed through negligence; (6) not having been expelled, dismissed or removed from official service, a State agency or a State enterprise on the grounds of dishonest performance of duties or gross misbehaviour or deemed as having committed dishonest act or malfeasant in the official service; (7) not having been expelled, dismissed or removed from work on the grounds of dishonest performance of duties or deemed to conduct misbehaviour in the performance of duty; (8) not having been ordered by a judgement or an order of the Court that his assets shall vest in the State on the ground of unusual wealth or unusual increase of assets. Section 20. The Selection Committee shall, in the selection of a member of the Board, select a person having the qualifications under section 17 and having the qualifications and not being under any of the prohibitions under section 19 who gives his consent for nomination in the equivalent number of the member of the Board to be appointed. After having the completion number, the nominees shall elect one among themselves to be the Chairperson of the Board. The Selection Committee shall submit the Prime Minister the names of the Chairperson and the members of the Board together with evidences declaring that they are qualified and not being under any of the prohibitions as well as their consents for appointment as the Board. The Prime Minister shall publish the names of the Board in the Government Gazette. © 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.