Government of Thailand be admitted to the Bar and can practice before the courts. Attorneys must carry their current, yellow, bar card when in court and may be required to produce it on challenge. In Thailand's southern border provinces, where Muslims constitute the majority of the population, provincial Islamic committees have limited jurisdiction over probate, family, marriage, and divorce cases. Under Section 44 Thailand's Interim Constitution of 2014, the Prime Minister and NCPO leader has complete authority to perform any administrative, legislative, and judicial action as necessary, which then is deemed legal and constitutional. Thailand is divided into 76 provinces ("changwat", singular and
Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam head of provincial government. The French government divided the original Six Provinces into 21 smaller ones. Following the 1899 decrees, starting 01/01/1900 Nam Kỳ would be divided into the following 21 provinces: The reason why Southern Vietnam was divided into 21 provinces was because the French Empire intended to erase the name "Lục tỉnh" from the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people and language, and cut any feelings of attachment and Vietnamese nationalism with this region, in attempts to avert potential local revolution or rebellion that may arise. In 1908 on the newspaper "Lục Tỉnh Tân Văn" ("Six Provinces