Legal Status of the Village Rules Under The Local Government Act, BE 2457

Abstract

              Village is the smallest administrative unit under the Local Government Act, BE 2457. Although it is part of local governing, it has no law giving authority to issue village rules. As a result, these rules have no legal status and be merely accepted by the villagers. No liability arises from violating the rules even though most of these villages have their own guidelines, cultures and traditions. Changes in the society might affect the guidelines, cultures and traditions and make them faded away. At the same time, when the Land Allocation Act, BE 2543 was enacted, housing estate juristic person has been made existed. The law also allows a housing estate juristic person to set its housing estate rules relevant to public utilities utilization, living within the estate and road traffic. This gives village rules legal effects and violating of the rules cause the violator to have legal liability. It would be better if such guidelines, cultures and traditions can be made into enforceable village rules to increase quality of life development potential for the villagers, reduce social inequality and build up mutual responsibility for the community and it would result in better village management efficiency.

Keywords

Village Rules, Status, Community, Local Government Act Buddhist Era 2457