Organic Act on Counter Corruption, B.E. 2542 (1999).

This Act is enacted to have the organic law on counter corruption.
The Act empowers the Anti-Corruption Agency, and governs and defines corruption and its punishments. There shall be the National Counter Corruption Commission called the "N.C.C. Commission." in brief, consisting of the President and other eight qualified members appointed by the King with the advice of the Senate. The powers and duties of N.C.C. Commission include: (1) to inquire into facts, summarise the case and prepare the opinion to be submitted to the Senate under Chapter 5, Removal from Office; (2) to inquire into facts, summarise the case and prepare the opinion to be referred to the Prosecutor-General for the purpose of prosecution before the Supreme Court of Justice's Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions under Chapter 6, Criminal Proceedings Against Persons Holding Political Positions under section 308 of the Constitution; (3) to inquire and decide whether a State official has become unusually wealthy or has committed an offence of corruption, malfeasance in office or malfeasance in judicial office; (4) to inspect the accuracy and actual existence of assets and liabilities of State officials and inspect change of assets and liabilities of the persons holding political positions under Chapter 3, Inspection of Assets and Liabilities; (5) to prescribe rules with respect to the determination of positions and classes or levels of State officials obliged to submit an account showing particulars of assets and liabilities; (6) to prescribe rules and procedures for the submission of the account showing particulars of assets and liabilities of State officials and the disclosure of accounts showing particulars of assets and liabilities of persons holding the position of Prime Minister and Minister; (7) to submit an inspection report and a report on the performance of duties together with remarks to the Council of Ministers, the House of Representatives and the Senate annually and publish these reports for dissemination; (8) to propose measures, opinions or recommendations to the Council of Ministers, National Assembly, Courts or State Audit Commission for the purpose of improving the performance of government service or formulating action plans or projects of Government agencies, State enterprises or other State agencies in an endeavour to control corruption and the commission of an offence of malfeasance in office or malfeasance in judicial office; (9) to refer matters to the agency concerned for the purpose of making a request to the Court for an order or judgment cancelling or revoking a right or document of title in respect of which the State official has given approval or granted permission conferring the rights or benefits or issued the document of title to a particular person in contravention of the law or official regulations to the detriment of the Government service; (10) to take action with a view to preventing corruption and building up attitudes and taste concerning integrity and honesty, and to take such action as to facilitate members of the public or groups of persons to have participation in counter corruption; etc.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: inspection of assets and liabilities; criminal proceedings against persons holding political positions under section 308 of the constitution; the request for the property to devolve on the state; inspection of state officials not being persons holding political positions under section 308 of the constitution; conflicts between personal interest and public interest; fact inquiry; offences and penalties; etc.