<div>A Democrat deputy leader has criticized the Referendum Act for its heavy sentences and ambiguous content which can lead to arbitrary prosecution of those who oppose the referendum and the charter draft.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Sunday, 24 April 2016, the Thai News Agency <a href="http://www.tnamcot.com/content/453580">reported</a> that Ongart Klampaiboon, deputy leader of the Democrat Party, urged the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) to clarify ambiguous content in the Referendum Act, enacted on 22 April 2016.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to the Thai News Agency, O </div>

<p>The Thai junta leader told the media that anyone campaigning about the draft constitution faces 10 years imprisonment once the Referendum Bill is enacted.</p> <p>Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, at the Government House, Bangkok, on Tuesday, 19 April 2016, told the media that people who participate in campaigns either to accept or not accept the latest draft constitution may face up to 10 years’ imprisonment under the Referendum Bill. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<div>The draft referendum bill sets heavy sentences for denouncing the referendum or publishing polls predicting the result too close to voting day on August 7. </div>

<p>The Commander of the Royal Thai Army has announced that military students will be sent to stand at referendum polling stations to inform people about the draft constitution.</p> <p>At the event to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the Territorial Defence Command (TDC) on Thursday, 4 February 2016, Gen Teerachai Nakwanich, Chief of the Royal Thai Army, said that Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), students, high school and college students undergoing military training, will be deployed at polling stations set up nationwide for the public referendum on the draft constitution.</p>

<p>The Election Commission of Thailand has proposed penalties for people who distort facts about the draft constitution while the Royal Thai Army says it will help promote a correct understanding. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>11 Feb 2015 – Under the Law Reform Commission of Thailand Act B.E 2553 (2010) , Law Reform has been defined as implication of all acts aiming to revise and develop law in the way that shall be expedient and provide the best benefit for the people and the country. This shall include revise and development of the law in corresponds to the word and meaning of the constitution, the machinery of the judicial process, due process of law, law enforcement, adjudicative law, drafting law, that is to revise and development of the law.</p>