Feasibility Study for Establishing Chiang Saen Provincial Court

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the suitability of establishing chiangsaen provincal court, the proper and modern construction for the court building and to draft the law concerning court establishment, the research findings were as followings;

1. The establishing of provincal court in chiangsaen, maechan, maefahluang and doiluang district was suitable to the size of population, location, legal cases and the convenience of people access ability to justice. Hence, in order to provide accessibility to people in chiangrai, the establishment of chiangsaen provincal court is necessary.


2. The suitable model for chiangsaen court system was electronic court (e-court). People avoild filing the lawsuit because of the complexity and confusing procedure needed. Even though, there were a lot of cases needed prosecution each year and each cases needed tremendous amount of paperwork to process. Hence, The court office environment in present was overwhelmed with stacks of documents on the table, in the cabinet or piled up boxes all over the place.


3. The drafted provision of chiangsaen provincal court are;

   Section 1 This Act shall be called the “Act of the establishment of Chiangsaen provincal court”.

   Section 2 This Act shall come into force on and from the date following the date of its publication in the Royal Gazette.

   Section 3 The inaugurated date shall be proclaimed by Royal Decree on the date of the Chiang saen Povincal Court Establishment.

   Section 4 A provincal court territorial jurisdiction shall over the area of Chaing saen, Mae chan, Mae Fah Luang and doiluang district, Chiang rai province.

   Section 5 Chief justice of the supreme court was in charge of the act enforcement.