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Executive Summary%u0009 TheConstitutionalCourtAnnualReport,B.E2567(2024),publishedinaccordancewithsection14oftheActontheOfficeoftheConstitutionalCourt,B.E.2542(1999),demonstratestheperformanceandauditreportofthefiscalyearB.E.2567(2024)(1stOctober2023-30thSeptember2024)totheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenate,andtheCouncilofMinisters.%u0009 AsforacontributiontothisAnnualReport,theOfficeoftheConstitutionalCourtaccumulateddataonthekeyperformanceoftheConstitutionalCourtandtheOfficeoftheConstitutionalCourt,whichcanbedividedintofiveparts:PartI:Introduction;PartII:ComparativeOverviewoftheExpenditureoftheOfficeoftheConstitutionalCourtbetweentheFiscalYearsB.E.2566(2023)andB.E.2567(2024);PartIII:PerformanceoftheConstitutionalCourtandtheOfficeoftheConstitutionalCourt;PartIV:Royal,StateandOtherOfficialCeremonies;andPartV:AuditReportoftheFiscalYearB.E.2567(2024).ThisAnnualReportcanbesummarizedasfollows.%u0009 PartI:%u0009IntroductionPursuant to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2560 (2017), duties and powers of the Constitutional Court can be defined into the following seven categories:%u0009 (1)%u0009 constitutionalityreviewoflawsandbills;%u0009 (2)%u0009 decisiononquestionspertainingtothedutiesandpowersoftheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenate,theNationalAssembly,theCouncilofMinistersandIndependentOrgans;%u0009 (3)%u0009 protectionofpeople%u2019srightsandliberties;%u0009 (4)%u0009safeguardoftheConstitution,formofgovernmentandstatesecurity;(5)%u0009 decisiononwhetherornotaninternationalagreementrequiresapprovaloftheNationalAssembly;%u0009 (6)%u0009 decisiononthequalificationsandprohibitionsofapoliticalofficeholder;and%u0009 (7)%u0009 otherdecisionsstipulatedbyorganiclaworotherlawsasbeingwithinthecompetenceoftheConstitutionalCourt.As the Constitutional Court%u2019s secretariat, the Office of the Constitutional Court shall perform its duties and powers according to section 4 of the Act on the Office of the Constitutional Court, B.E. 2542 (1999) as follows:%u0009 (1)%u0009 administrationoftheConstitutionalCourt;%u0009 (2)%u0009 examinationandcompilationofinformation,ordersandrulingsrelevanttothetasksoftheJusticeorthequorumoftheJusticesoftheConstitutionalCourt;%u0009 (3)%u0009studies,researchanddisseminationoftheConstitutionalCourt%u2019sactivities;and%u0009 (4)%u0009 otherdutiesasassignedbythequorumoftheJusticesoftheConstitutionalCourt.AnnualReport2024ConstitutionalCourtoftheKingdomofThailand%u0e11