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Key Facts: Thai Bar Administrative Law Certificate Exam
300 hours
Total course duration across four sequential modules
Thai Bar Institute course brochure
80% attendance
Minimum attendance required in each module for course completion
Course brochure section 8(2)
50% pass mark
Minimum score in both academic and practical assessments
Course brochure section 8(2)
THB 65,000
Total tuition fee for the certificate course (payable in 3 installments)
Course brochure section 12
ก.ศป. accredited
Course recognition stated by the Thai Bar; additional recruitment requirements apply
Thai Bar official course announcement
The Thai Bar's Institute of Legal Education offers this assessed 300-hour certificate across four modules, with required introductory training for non-law graduates. Free independent English MCQs review selected public-law concepts, administrative procedure and drafting decisions.
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1Which feature most strongly supports classifying a legal relationship as public law (กฎหมายมหาชน)?
A.An agency exercises statutory authority to restrict an individual's activities for a public purpose.
B.A public employee rents a home in a personal capacity on ordinary contractual terms.
C.Two companies negotiate the price of goods supplied to each other.
D.A government employee buys household goods using personal funds.
Explanation: The exercise of public authority is the distinguishing feature in this example. A person's public employment alone does not turn their private transactions into exercises of administrative power.
2Section 5 of Thailand's Constitution B.E. 2560 (2017) establishes constitutional supremacy. What does it say about provisions of law, rules, regulations, or acts that conflict with the Constitution?
A.They prevail if they were adopted more recently than the Constitution.
B.They are unenforceable to the extent of the conflict.
C.They prevail if they were adopted by a higher-ranking administrative official.
D.They remain enforceable until the next scheduled legislative review.
Explanation: Section 5 makes the Constitution the supreme law and makes inconsistent provisions or acts unenforceable. The applicable procedure for resolving a constitutional issue must still be distinguished from this substantive rule.
3Which territorial unit has juristic personality under section 52 of the State Administration Act B.E. 2534?
A.A district (อำเภอ) within provincial administration.
B.An internal division (กอง) of a government department.
C.A province (จังหวัด) within provincial administration.
D.A village (หมู่บ้าน) within a district.
Explanation: Section 52 expressly gives a province juristic personality. A province's legal personality should be distinguished from the separate status of local government organizations operating within its territory.
4An administrative-contract dispute is being considered for court mediation. The parties propose a settlement that would require the agency to exercise powers it does not possess. Which analysis is correct under the administrative mediation provisions?
A.A monetary dispute is eligible for settlement regardless of limits on the agency's powers.
B.Both parties' consent supplies any missing statutory authority.
C.Mediation can replace statutory authority if the settlement reduces litigation costs.
D.The court must check the statutory prohibitions; agreement cannot authorize action beyond a party's powers.
Explanation: Eligibility of a category of dispute does not make every proposed settlement lawful. Section 66/3 prohibits mediation beyond the rights, powers, duties, or capacities of the parties, among other restrictions.
5Clause 77 of the Administrative Court Procedure Rules incorporates certain Civil Procedure Code provisions for temporary protective measures. How should those incorporated provisions be applied?
A.As binding civil procedure that overrides inconsistent administrative procedure rules.
B.Mutatis mutandis, insofar as the matter permits and consistently with administrative procedure rules and principles.
C.Only after the parties agree to convert the case into a civil lawsuit.
D.As authority to import the whole Civil Procedure Code into every administrative proceeding.
Explanation: Clause 77 makes a specific, qualified incorporation for temporary protective measures. It does not create a general rule that every procedural gap must be filled by the Civil Procedure Code.
6A public utility updates an outdated service method to meet changed community needs and new technology. Which public-service principle most directly explains the purpose of this change?
A.Equality of users (ความเสมอภาค).
B.Continuity of service (ความต่อเนื่อง).
C.Adaptability of public services (การปรับปรุงเปลี่ยนแปลง).
D.Protection of legitimate reliance on an individual administrative order.
Explanation: Adaptability concerns adjusting public services to evolving needs and circumstances. It does not itself authorize an agency to disregard the statutes and contractual safeguards governing a particular change.
7Under the State Administration Act, where do provinces (จังหวัด) and districts (อำเภอ) belong in the administrative structure?
A.Central administration, as ministries and departments.
B.Provincial administration (ราชการส่วนภูมิภาค).
C.Local administration, as elected municipal organizations.
D.The independent constitutional-organ system.
Explanation: The Act places provinces and districts in provincial administration. This is distinct from local administration, even when both operate in the same geographical area.
8Which action best illustrates an administrative order (คำสั่งทางปกครอง) under the Administrative Procedure Act?
A.A competent licensing authority revokes a named person's permit under its statutory powers.
B.A ministry issues a regulation applying generally to all future permit applicants.
C.An officer records a preliminary inspection observation without deciding anyone's rights.
D.An agency sends a nonbinding request for information while considering a permit application.
Explanation: Revocation determines a specific person's legal position through an exercise of statutory power. A generally applicable rule and preparatory steps that do not themselves determine rights must be distinguished from that final decision.
9An official is assigned to decide a permit application submitted by the official's spouse. No urgency or other statutory exception applies. What follows under the Administrative Procedure Act's impartiality provisions?
A.The official may decide if the spouse consents to the relationship being disclosed.
B.The official may decide if the application appears straightforward.
C.The official may decide if a colleague reviews the reasoning after signature.
D.The official must stop consideration and notify the superior so the disqualification can be dealt with.
Explanation: Sections 13 and 14 address specified personal relationships and the procedure for dealing with them. A spouse relationship is a statutory ground of disqualification; routine convenience or private consent does not remove it.
10An appealable administrative order omits the appeal instructions required by section 40 of the Administrative Procedure Act. No corrective notification is later sent, and the ordinary appeal period is shorter than one year. What happens to that period?
A.It runs unchanged because the recipient should research the law independently.
B.It becomes unlimited because the order omitted the instructions.
C.It extends to one year from receipt of the administrative order.
D.It begins when the recipient first consults a lawyer, regardless of when that occurs.
Explanation: Section 40 provides the one-year extension in the circumstances stated. If the missing instructions are subsequently notified, the statute instead addresses restarting the period from that notification.
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