Civil and administrative law
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Land, property and planning
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Laws, decrees and constitutional provisions related to land, property and planning (texts)
Most of these texts were taken (with permission) from the Displacement Solutions Book: "HOUSING, LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN BURMA: THE CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK" http://www.displacementsolutions.org/files/documents/Burma_HLP_book.pdf
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Law Amending 1955 Government Housing (Expelling) Act - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 16/2012 (Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 02 September 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted: 31, August 2012 ... ၁၉၅၅ခုႏွစ္၊ အစိုးရအိမ္ဥပစာ (ႏွင္ထုတ္ျခင္း) အက္ဥပေဒကို ျပင္ဆင္သည့္ ဥပေဒ (၂၀၁၂ ခုႏွစ္ ျပည္ေထာင္စု လႊတ္ေတာ္ ဥပေဒ အမွတ္ ၁၆။) ၁၃၇၄ ခုႏွစ္၊ ဝါေခါင္လဆန္း ၁၄ ရက္ (၂ဝ၁၂ ခုႏွစ္၊ ၾသဂုတ္လ ၃၁ ရက္) |
| Language: | | Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") ေၾကးမံု 2 September 2012 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (63K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 September 2012 |
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| Title: | | Farmland Rules - Notification No 62/2012 (English) |
| Date of publication: | | 31 August 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Notification No 62/2012 -
14 Waxing Wagaung 1374 ME
(31, August, 2012) -
Designating the Date of Coming into Force of Farm Land Law...The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation promulgated the following rules by using the
power vested by the section-42, sub-section (a) of farm land law with the approval of
Pyidaungsu Government....
1. These rules shall be called farm land rules.
2. The words and expressions contained in these rules shall mean as contained
in Farm Land Law. And the following words shall mean as described..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office |
| Format/size: | | pdf (159K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 January 2013 |
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| Title: | | Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Rules.- Notification No. 1/2012 (English) |
| Date of publication: | | 31 August 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, exercising its given rights, and with the approval of
the Union Government, has issued the following rules in accordance with Section 34, Subsection
(a) of the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law - 1. These rules shall be called the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Rules.
2. The terms and expressions used in these rules shall have the same meaning as used in the
Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law. In addition, the following expressions shall
have the meanings as stated below: |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Unofficial Translation by UN-Habitat) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (295K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 January 2013 |
|
| Title: | | Farmland Act - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 11/2012 / လယ္ယာေျမ ဥပေဒ (၂၀၁၂ ခုႏွစ္ မတ္လ ၃၀ ရက္) (Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 03 April 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted 30 March 2012...This law repeals: (a) The Land Nationalization Act of 1953; (b) The 1963 Tenancy Law; (c) The Law Safeguarding Peasant Rights, 1963. / ၂၀၁၂ ခုႏွစ္၊ ျပည္ေထာင္စု လႊတ္ေတာ္ ဥပေဒ အမွတ္ ၁၁။... ၁၃၇၃ ခုႏွစ္၊ တန္ခူးလဆန္း ၈ ရက္... (၂၀၁၂ ခုႏွစ္ မတ္လ ၃၀ ရက္)... ေအာက္ပါဥပေဒမ်ားကို ဤဥပေဒျဖင့္ ႐ုပ္သိမ္းလိုက္သည္-
(က) ၁၉၅၃ ခုႏွစ္၊ လယ္ယာေျမႏိုင္ငံပိုင္ျပဳလုပ္ေရးအက္ဥပေဒ၊
(ခ) ၁၉၆၃ ခုႏွစ္၊ သီးစားခ်ထားေရးဥပေဒ၊
(ဂ) ၁၉၆၃ ခုႏွစ္၊ ေတာင္သူလယ္သမား အခြင့္အေရးကာကြယ္သည့္
ဥပေဒ။ |
| Language: | | Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") ေၾကးမံု 3 April 2012 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (143K-"Mirror" version; 125K, Alternate URL)) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Farmland_Act%28bu%29.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 05 April 2012 |
|
| Title: | | Environment Conservation Law - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 9/2012 (English and Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 April 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted 20 March 2012, published 1 April 2012....."The objectives of this Law are as follows:
(a) to enable to implement the Myanmar National Environmental Policy;
(b) to enable to lay down the basic principles and give guidance for systematic
integration of the matters of environmental conservation in the sustainable
development process;
(c) to enable to emerge a healthy and clean environment and to enable to
conserve natural and cultural heritage for the benefit of present and future
generations;
(d) to reclaim ecosystems as may be possible which are starting to degenerate
and disappear;
(e) to enable to manage and implement for decrease and loss of natural
resources and for enabling the sustainable use beneficially;
(f) to enable to implement for promoting public awareness and cooperation in
educational programmes for dissemination of environmental perception;
(g) to enable to promote international, regional and bilateral cooperation in the
matters of environmental conservation;
(h) to enable to cooperate with Government departments, Government
organizations, international organizations, non-government organizations
and individuals in matters of environmental conservation..." |
| Language: | | English, Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ |
| Format/size: | | pdf (58K-English; 215K-Burmese) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Environment_Conservation_Act-bu.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 May 2013 |
|
| Title: | | Farmland Act - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 11/2012 (English) |
| Date of publication: | | 30 March 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Farmland Act
(Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.ll of 2012)
Day of 8th Waxing of Tagu 1373 ME (30th March, 2012).....The translation has some notable shortcomings... |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (GRUM) via UN Habitat |
| Format/size: | | pdf (36K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Ward and Village Administration Amending Act -Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7/2012 (Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 30 March 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted 30 March 2012... ရပ္ကြက္ သို႔မဟုတ္ ေက်းရြာအုပ္စု အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရးဥပေဒကို ျပင္ဆင္သည့္ ဥပေဒ...
(၂ဝ၁၂ ခုႏွစ္၊ ျပည္ေထာင္စုလႊတ္ေတာ္ဥပေဒအမွတ္ ၇။)...
၁၃၇၃ ခုႏွစ္၊ တန္ခူးလဆန္း ၆ ရက္...
(၂ဝ၁၂ ခုႏွစ္၊ မတ္လ ၂၈ ရက္)... |
| Language: | | Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ |
| Source/publisher: | | "Myanmar Alin" 30. 3. 2012 ျမန္မာ့အလင္းသတင္းစာ |
| Format/size: | | pdf (191K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Ward_and_Village_Administration_Amending_Act(bu).pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 29 April 2012 |
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| Title: | | Ward or Village Administration Law - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2012 (English |
| Date of publication: | | 25 February 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Date of adoption, 24 February 2012. Date of publication 25 February...We are not 100% sure if this English version is of the adopted law or if there were amendments. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Pyidaungsu Hluttaw |
| Format/size: | | pdf (602K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | 2011 Farmland Bill |
| Date of publication: | | 20 September 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | The Draft land law |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Hluttaws |
| Format/size: | | pdf (34K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 January 2012 |
|
| Title: | | Burma HLP Initiative |
| Date of publication: | | November 2009 |
| Description/subject: | | "Since its establishment in 2006, Displacement Solutions has been active in exploring the housing, land and property rights situation in Burma. The Burma HLP Initiative aims to shed new light on the numerous HLP rights issues in Burma today by building capacity for enforcing these rights by citizens of the country. The Initiative works together with various groups within and outside Burma towards these ends.
The Initiative explores key questions such as:
* What are the characteristics and status of the legal regime in Burma as it relates to HLP rights issues?
* How effective is the current legal regime in promoting human rights standards relevant to HLP rights? What are the key issues facing the HLP rights regime in Burma?
* In what ways can the legal code more effectively address HLP rights in Burma, and how might it be reformed to avoid problems in the future transition process? This will draw on the many experiences of political transition since the end of the Cold War.
* How can the capacity of the Burmese democratic opposition be enhanced to structurally address the HLP legal environment in Burma today? How can expert capacity be strengthened to better prepare the broader democratic opposition to address the HLP challenges that will arise during and after political transition?..." THIS LINK CONTAINS A HYPERLINKED SET OF BURMESE HLP-RELATED LAWS |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Displacement Solutions |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 October 2010 |
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| Title: | | HOUSING, LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN BURMA: THE CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Date of publication: | | November 2009 |
| Description/subject: | | A compilation of all of the existing housing, land and property laws in Burma, plus commentary...
"The deplorable human rights record of Burma’s military junta has been a key focus of
international attention for many years. The military has ruled the country for half a century,
and has presided over a collapse of the economy and of social services. At the same time,
successive military regimes have perpetuated an almost feudal governance system – where
the population is seen as a resource at the disposal of the rulers – that is in many respects
unchanged since pre-colonial times.
A combination of deliberate abuse, a general climate of impunity, and out-dated and
ineffective social policies all contribute to a fundamental absence of basic human rights in
this country of 55 million people. To date, the bulk of attention has focused on important
questions of political prisoners, denial of basic freedoms, forced labour, forced displacement,
as well as the other abuses related to the army’s brutal counter-insurgency policies.
However, there are additional types of rights abuses that are not as frequently mentioned,
but that have a critical impact on the daily lives of millions of people across Burma. And
it is these – housing, land and property (HLP) rights – that form the contents of this
important new book.
This volume contains all of the existing housing, land and property laws in Burma, and
makes a vital contribution to understanding the impact that these legal structures have
on communities across the country. Being able to view the HLP legal code in its entirety
for the first time reveals more clearly than ever before that supporters of democratic and
governance reform within Burma need to better understand – and place greater emphasis
on – HLP issues than they have to date. Understanding how these issues are dealt with in
both law and practice will enable more creative thinking about Burma’s HLP future, in
order that the peoples of the country can most fully enjoy their legitimate housing, land
and property rights." |
| Author/creator: | | Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham (eds) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Displacement Solutions & The HLP Institute |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.42MB) - 1255 pages |
| Date of entry/update: | | 30 December 2009 |
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| Title: | | THE LAW AMENDING THE TRANSFER OF IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY RESTRICTION LAW (2005) |
| Date of publication: | | 13 January 2005 |
| Description/subject: | | (State Peace and Development Council Law No. 1/2005)
The 4th Waxing Day of Pyatho, 1366 M.E
(13th January, 2005) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Peace and Development Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (61K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | CITY OF YANGON DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) LAW (1996) |
| Date of publication: | | 25 January 1996 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 1/96 -
The 6th Waxing Day of Tabodwe, 1357 M.E.-
25 January 1996 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (62K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE CITY OF YANGON DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) LAW (1995) |
| Date of publication: | | 04 May 1995 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 5/95 -
The 6th Waxing of Kason, 1357 ME. -
4 May 1995 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (64K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES LAW (1993) |
| Date of publication: | | 24 January 1993 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council -
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law -
(The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No.1/93) -
The 5th Waxing Day of Tabodwe, 1354 ME. -
27th January, 1993 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (96K); html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/Narcotic_Drugs_Act.htm |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE FOREST LAW (1992) |
| Date of publication: | | 03 November 1992 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/92 -
The 9th Waning Day of Tazaungmon, 1354 M.E. -
3 November 1992 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (102K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE LAW FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS (1992) |
| Date of publication: | | 19 February 1992 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 1/92 -
The 1st Waning Day of Tabodwe, 1353 ME -
19 February 1992 -
"Whereas it is expedient to provide for the repeal of certain laws from among existing laws, which on
scrutiny have been found to be no longer in conformity with the changing circumstances, laws which have
not been in use for a very long time and laws for which there are no reasons for use in future, the State
Law and Order Restoration Council hereby enacts this Law..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (74K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | PROCEDURES CONFERRING THE RIGHT TO CULTIVATE LAND/ RIGHT TO UTILIZE LAND (1991) |
| Date of publication: | | 12 December 1991 |
| Description/subject: | | The Government of the Union of Myanmar -
The Central Committee for the Management of Culturable Land, Fallow Land and waste Land -
Notification No. 1/91 -
6th waxing Day of Nadaw, 1353 M.E -
(12th December, 1991) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (62K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE LAW AMENDING THE CITY OF YANGON MUNICIPAL ACT (1991) |
| Date of publication: | | 22 April 1991 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No.8/91
The 10th Waxing Day of Kason, 1353 M.E.
22 April 1991 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (70K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | City of Yangon Development Law |
| Date of publication: | | 14 May 1990 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council ...The City of Yangon Development Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 11/90) The 6th Waning Day of Kason, 1352 M.E. (14th May, 1990). The State Law and Order Restoration Council hereby enacts the following... |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC Law No.11/90) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (19K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE LAW AMENDING THE ELECTRICITY LAW (1990) |
| Date of publication: | | 07 March 1990 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration council Law No. 3/90...
The 12th Waxing Day of Tabaung, 1351 M.E....
7 March 1990 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (63K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE UNION OF MYANMAR FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW (1988) |
| Date of publication: | | 07 December 1988 |
| Description/subject: | | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR NOTIFICATION NO.11/88
The 14th waning day of Tazaungmon, I350 B.E. (7th December, 1988) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (89K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE UNION OF MYANMAR FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW (1988) |
| Date of publication: | | 30 November 1988 |
| Description/subject: | | The 7th waning day of Tazaungmon, 1350 B.E.
(30th November, 1988) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (90K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | The 1963 Tenancy Law & the 1965 Amendment (English and Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 1965 |
| Description/subject: | | Renting Land for Cultivation Law
The Union of Burma Revolutionary Council Law 8, 1963
[Reprint 1963]....THE TENANCY LAW AMENDING LAW, 1965.
(THE UNION OF BURMA REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL LAW NO. 2 OF 1965) |
| Language: | | English, Burmese |
| Source/publisher: | | Union of Burma Revolutionary Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (1MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE LAW SAFEGUARDING PEASANT RIGHTS, 1963. |
| Date of publication: | | 1963 |
| Description/subject: | | (THE UNION OF BURMA REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL LAW NO. 9 OF 1963) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Union of Burma Revolutionary Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (50K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE CITY OF YANGON MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1961) |
| Date of publication: | | 17 March 1961 |
| Description/subject: | | ACT NO. 1 OF 1961 THE 17th MARCH 1961 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (49K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | 1960 Urban Rent Control Act (1960, Act No.8) |
| Date of publication: | | 1960 |
| Description/subject: | | This text also includes the 1960 Urban Rent Control (Amendment) Act (1960 Act Number 20)and the 1961 Urban Rent Control (Amendment) Act (1961 Act number 31) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (98K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | URBAN RENT CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1960) |
| Date of publication: | | 1960 |
| Description/subject: | | Act No. 20, 1960 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (101K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE CITY OF YANGON MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1958) |
| Date of publication: | | 24 March 1958 |
| Description/subject: | | Act No. XVII OF 1958 The 24th March 1958 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (66K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | Land Nationalization Act of 1953 (Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 October 1953 |
| Description/subject: | | Replaced the Land Nationalization Act of 1948 |
| Language: | | Burmese |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (873K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 March 2011 |
|
| Title: | | The Land Nationalization Act of 1953 (English) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 October 1953 |
| Description/subject: | | Appended with ACT NO. 75 of 1953 (October 26, 1953), Amendment ACT NO. 22 of 1954
(March 30, 1954), Amendment ACT NO. 54 of 1955 (October 19, 1955), Amendment ACT NO.
49 of 1957 (October 16, 1957). |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (188K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | Land Nationalization Act of 1948 |
| Date of publication: | | 1948 |
| Description/subject: | | No longer in force -- Replaced by the Land Nationalization Act of 1953 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (94K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 August 2009 |
|
| Title: | | THE PUBLIC PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT (1947) |
| Date of publication: | | 24 December 1947 |
| Description/subject: | | BURMA ACT LXXXIII, 1947] (24th December 1947) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (91K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE REQUISITIONING (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT (1947) |
| Date of publication: | | 28 July 1947 |
| Description/subject: | | [BURMA ACT XXXVIII, 1947] (28th July, 1947).....
"WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for requisitioning lands and premises in certain
respects;
* * * *
It is hereby enacted as follows : — ..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (85K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE CUSTODIAN OF MOVABLE PROPERTY ACT (1945) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 November 1945 |
| Description/subject: | | BURMA Act X, 1945
1st November, 1945.....
"WHEREAS it is expedient to make legislative provision for the recovery and return to the
owners of movable property of which the owners have been deprived of possession by
circumstances arising out of the war and for the appointment of Custodians of such property ;
* * * *
It is hereby enacted as follows: -..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (64K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | The Hindu Gains of Learning Act (1930) |
| Date of publication: | | 25 July 1930 |
| Description/subject: | | India Act XXX, 1930
25th July, 1930.....
"Whereas it is expedient to remove doubt, and to provide an uniform rule, as to the rights of a
member of a Hindu undivided family in property acquiredby him by means of his learning ;
It is hereby enacted as follow:-..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (51K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | The Hindu Law of Inheritance Amendment Act (1929) |
| Date of publication: | | 21 February 1929 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA Act II, 1929
21st February, 1929...
"Whereas it is expedient to alter the order in which certain heirs of a Hindu male dying intestate
are entitled to succeed to his estate ; It is hereby enacted as follows:-..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (47K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE HINDU INHERITANCE (REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES) ACT (1928) |
| Date of publication: | | 20 September 1928 |
| Description/subject: | | India Act XII 1928
20th September, 1928...
"Whereas it is expedient to amend the Hindu Law relating to exclusion from inheritance of certain
classes of heirs, and to remove certain doubts;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (45K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE WATER POWER ACT (1927) |
| Date of publication: | | 29 October 1927 |
| Description/subject: | | BURMA ACT XI, 1927 29th October, 1927 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (58K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE CANTONMENTS (HOUSE ACCOMMODATION) ACT (1923) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 April 1923 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA ACT VI 1923
1st April 1923 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (77K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE CITY OF RANGOON MUNICIPAL ACT (1922) |
| Date of publication: | | 22 August 1922 |
| Description/subject: | | [Burma Act VI, 1922]
[1 August, 1922]....."...1. This Act extends to the City of Rangoon [See clause (vii) of section 3 and Schedule VI] only:
Provided that the President of the Union may, by notification, extend this Act or any part to any
other local area in the Union of Burma...." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (315K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE RANGOON DEVELOPMENT TRUST ACT (1921) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 February 1921 |
| Description/subject: | | Burma Act V, 1920
1st February, 1921.....1. "...This Act shall extend to the City of Rangoon and to such areas in the neighbourhood thereof
as the President of the Union may, by notification, specify in this behalf:..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (161K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE HINDU DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT (1916) |
| Date of publication: | | 28 September 1916 |
| Description/subject: | | India Act XV 1916 28th September 1916....Whereas it is expedient to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of
disposition of property by Hindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such
disposition ;
It is hereby enacted as follows: |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (49K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE VILLAGE ACT (1907) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 January 1908 |
| Description/subject: | | BURMA ACT VI 1907 1st JANUARY 1908.....PRELIMINARY...DUTIES AND POWERS OF VILLAGE COMMITTEES, HEADMEN AND RURAL
POLICEMAN...GENERAL DUTIES OF VILLAGERS...PROVISIONS RESPECTING RESIDENCE IN VILLAGE=TRACTS AND ERECTION OF
HOUSES...PAWN SHOPS...PWES...SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of the Union of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (90K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE BURMA LAWS ACT (1898) |
| Date of publication: | | 04 November 1898 |
| Description/subject: | | India Act XIII, 1898 4th November, 1898...."...5. The President of the Union may, for administrative including revenue purposes,-
(q) divide Upper Burma into divisions and each of these divisions into districts, and vary the
limits of those divisions and districts, and
(b) divide each of those districts into sub-divisions, each of those sub-divisions into townships
and each of those townships into circles, and vary the limits of these sub-divisions, townships
and circles.
6. For the purpose of facilitating the application of any enactment for the time being in force in
any part of Upper Burma, any Court may construe the enactment with such alterations, not
affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the Court..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (49K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE PARTITION ACT (1893) |
| Date of publication: | | 09 March 1893 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA Act IV, 1893 9th March, 1893....."...Whenever in any suit for partition in which, if instituted prior to the commencement of this
Act, a decree for partition might have been made, it appears to the Court that, by reason of the
nature of the property to which the suit relates, or of the number of the shareholders therein or of
any other special circumstance, a division of the property cannot reasonably or conveniently be
made, and that a sale of the property and distribution of the proceeds would be more beneficial
for all the shareholders, the Court may, if it thinks tit, on the request of any of such shareholders
interested individually or collectively to the extent of one moiety or upwards, direct a sale of the
property and a distribution of the proceeds..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (51K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE KAZIS ACT (1880) |
| Date of publication: | | 09 July 1880 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA ACT XII, 1880.....
"Whereas by the preamble to Act No. XI of 18642 it was (among other things) declared that it
was inexpedient that the appointment of the Kazi-ul- Kuzaat, or of City, Town or Pargana Kazis,
should be made by the Government, and by the same Act the enactments relating to the
appointment by the Government- of the said officers were repealed ; and
Whereas by the usage of the Muhammadan community [ * * * * ] the presence of Kazis
appointed by the Government is required at the celebration of marriages and the performance of
certain other rites and ceremonies, and it is therefore expedient that the Government should again
be empowered A to appoint persons to the office of Kazi; It is hereby enacted as follows:..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (59K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | LAND AND REVENUE ACT (1879) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 February 1879 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA Act II 1876..... "WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the law relating to the acquisition by private
persons of rights in land in the Union of Burma ;
And whereas it is expedient also to consolidate and' amend the law relating to the
assessment and collection of land-revenue, capitation-tax and certain other taxes ;
It is hereby enacted as follows :--..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (123K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE MARRIED WOMEN’S PROPERTY ACT (1874) |
| Date of publication: | | 24 February 1874 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA Act III, 1874....."Whereas it is expedient to make such provision as hereinafter appears for the enjoyment of
wages and earnings by women married before the first day of January, 1866, and for insurances
on lives by persons married before or after that day:
And whereas by the Indian Succession Act, 1865, section 4,1 it is enacted that no person shall by
marriage acquire any interest in the property of the person whom he or she marries, nor become
incapable of doing any act in respect of his or her own property, which he or she could have
done, if unmarried : ·
And whereas by force of the said Act all women to whose marriages it applies are absolute
owners of all property vested in, or acquired by, them, and their husbands do not by their
marriage acquire any interest in such property, but the said Act does not protect such husbands
from liabilities on account of the debts of their wives contracted before marriage, and does not
expressly provide for the enforcement of claims by or against such wives :
It is hereby enacted as follows : -,,," |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (61K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE HINDU WIDOWS’ REMARRIAGE ACT (1856) |
| Date of publication: | | 25 July 1856 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA Act XV, 1856....."Whereas it is known that by the law as administered in the civil Courts, Hindu widows with
certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of
contracting a second valid marriage, and the offspring of such widows by any second marriage
are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property;..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (53K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
|
| Title: | | THE CASTE DISABILITIES REMOVAL ACT I |
| Date of publication: | | 11 April 1850 |
| Description/subject: | | INDIA ACT XXI, 1850....."Whereas it is enacted by section 9, Regulation VII, 1832, of the Bengal Code, that “whenever in
any civil suit the parties to such suit may be of different persuasions, when one party shall be of
the Hindu and the other of the Muhammadan persuasion, or where one of more parties to the suit
shall not be either of the Muhammadan or Hindu persuasions, the laws of those religions shall
not be permitted to operate to deprive such party or parties of any property to which, but for the
operation of such laws, they would have been entitled”; and whereas it will be beneficial to
extend the principle of that enactment; It is enacted as follows:-..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (34K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://displacementsolutions.org/?page_id=197 http://displacementsolutions.org/?p=20 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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Laws and decrees relating to the Economy
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Laws and decrees related to trade and investment
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Laws and decrees related to trade and investment (commentary)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | New Regulations under the Foreign Investment Law released |
| Date of publication: | | 04 February 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | On January 31, 2013 the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development released the new detailed regulations under the 2012 Myanmar Foreign Investment Law. The much awaited regulations are provided under two separate notifications, Notification 1/2013 and Notification 11/2013, spread over a total of 67 pages. No formal translation has yet to be published.
The release of the notifications answers the question everybody has asked themselves – will the new regulations provide a higher level of detail than before? The answer is yes – the new notifications do provide significant more details in many areas. Thus, the positive trend continues – where the government is strengthening Myanmar’s position as an attractive jurisdiction for foreign investments. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | KPMG |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 May 2013 |
|
| Title: | | Myanmar to delay foreign investment law |
| Date of publication: | | 17 September 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Myanmar is to delay the implementation of controversial foreign investment legislation passed this month, but will step up reforms in areas including the financial sector and land use and will streamline government structures..." |
| Author/creator: | | Gwen Robinson |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "Financial Times" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 September 2012 |
|
| Title: | | Investment law to decide if Burma’s growth will be ‘transformational’ |
| Date of publication: | | 14 September 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "...Currently awaiting the signature of the president [returned unsigned to Parliament for amendment late October] is the new Foreign Investment Law designed to make the country more attractive to foreign investors.
This law will grant them the right to hold long leases on land (until now leases have been greatly restricted and the state was the exclusive owner of most productive land). Overseas investors will also be able to enjoy a five-year profit tax “holiday,” other tax concessions, and are guaranteed against the nationalization of their businesses (a necessary step given Myanmar’s long history of state expropriation).
So far, so good, but Myanmar’s new Foreign Investment Law is also reflective of the country’s continuing divisions.
The law has been heavily influenced by the interests of Myanmar’s “crony” conglomerates, which in recent years have come to dominate key areas of the economy. With interests that extend to almost every sector, such cronies (as people in Myanmar routinely refer to them) are likely to feel the threat of foreign competition first and foremost.
Accordingly, despite the liberal elements of the new Foreign Investment Law, other key clauses limit the role of foreign investors in a host of sectors, including retail trade, agricultural processing, fisheries and many light industries and services.
The outcome of this struggle between liberal reformers and the beneficiaries of Myanmar’s past regime will ultimately shape the new Foreign Investment Law. This struggle will also determine if Myanmar is finally on the path to genuine transformational growth. A tiger in waiting perhaps, but not one yet." |
| Author/creator: | | Sean Turnell |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "Mizzima News" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 September 2012 |
|
| Title: | | The Burmese Junta's Abuse of Investment Laws |
| Date of publication: | | August 2001 |
| Description/subject: | | "Burma continues to be a pariah state for its gross violations of human rights. The refusal of the Burmese military junta to honour
the results of the May 1990 elections made its isolation complete: so much so that Burma was denied ASEAN membership for a
long time. The junta has even gone so far as to abuse its own laws, including those regulating foreign investment. As there are
already many international reports on the link between foreign investment and violations of human rights in Burma, this paper will
mainly focus on the aspect of Burma?s investment laws itself?what kinds of investment laws there are in Burma and how these
are being abused by the junta..." |
| Author/creator: | | B.K. Sen, Peter Gutter |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 9 (Burma Lawyers' Council) |
| Alternate URLs: | | The original (and authoritative) version of this article may be found in "Legal issues of Burma Journal" No. 9 at http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/Legal%20Issues%20on%20Burma%20Journal%209.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Grave Diggers: A report on Mining in Burma |
| Date of publication: | | 14 February 2000 |
| Description/subject: | | A report on mining in Burma. The problems mining is bringing to the Burmese people, and the multinational companies involved in it. Includes an analysis of the SLORC 1994 Mining Law.... 'Grave Diggers, authored by world renowned mining environmental activist Roger Moody, was the first major review of mining in Burma since the country's military regime opened the door to foreign mining investment in 1994. Singled out for special attention in this report is the stake taken up by Canadian mining promoter Robert Friedland, whose Ivanhoe Mines has redeveloped a major copper mine in the Monywa area in joint venture enterprise with Burma's military regime. There are several useful appendices with first hand reports from mining sites throughout the country. A series of maps shows the location of the exploration concessions taken up almost exclusively by foreign companies in the rounds of bidding that took place in the nineties. |
| Author/creator: | | Roger Moody |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Various groups |
| Format/size: | | pdf (1.4MB) html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.miningwatch.ca/en/grave-diggers-report-mining-burma
http://www.miningwatch.ca/sites/miningwatch.ca/files/Grave_Diggers.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 09 September 2010 |
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Laws and decrees related to trade and investment (texts)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Foreign Investment Law: Stipulation of types of economic activities (English and Burmese) |
| Date of publication: | | 31 January 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Myanmar Investment Commission, in exercise of
the powers conferred under Section 56, subsection (b) of the Foreign Investment Law
,
in
stipulating the applicable business under Chapter 2 of the Foreign Investment Law,
and
with
the approval of
the Union Government,
prescribes the list of economic activities which are
prohibited, the list of economic activities which are allowed only in joint ventures with
Myanmar nationals, and the list of economic activities which are allowed in accordance with
certain
separately stipulated conditions. ..." |
| Language: | | English, Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ |
| Source/publisher: | | Myanmar Investment Commission: Notification No. 1/2013 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (317K-English; 35K-Burmese) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.networkmyanmar.org/images/stories/PDF14/Notification-1-2013.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 April 2013 |
|
| Title: | | Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law. |
| Date of publication: | | 27 January 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | ( The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8 / 2011)
The 8th Waning Day of Pyatho, 1372. M.E.
(27th January, 2011)
The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following Law:
Chapter I -
Title and Definition.
1 This Law shall be called the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Peace and Development Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (94K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 January 2012 |
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| Title: | | Myanmar Citizens Investment Law |
| Date of publication: | | 31 March 1994 |
| Description/subject: | | [The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 4/94]
The 5th Waning of Tabaung, 1355 M.E.
(31st March, 1994 ) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council via BLC |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 December 2010 |
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| Title: | | The State-owned Economic Enterprises Law |
| Date of publication: | | 31 March 1989 |
| Description/subject: | | (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/89)
The 10th Waning Day of Tabaung, 1350 M.E
(31st March, 1989)
The State Law and Order Restoration Council hereby enacts the following Law:
Chapter 1.
Title and Definition
1. The expression Government contained in this Law includes departments,
corporations and other organizations under the Government.
2. This Law shall be called the State-owned Economic Enterprises Law. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (65K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 January 2012 |
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Laws regulating extraction and energy
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Laws regulating extraction and energy (texts)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | The Atomic Energy Law (SPDC Law Law No. 8/98) |
| Date of publication: | | 08 June 1998 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Peace and Development Council...
The Atomic Energy Law...
(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/98)...
The 14th Waxing of Nayon 1360 M.E.
(8th June, 1998) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The State Peace and Development Council via BLC |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 July 2005 |
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| Title: | | The 1994 Mining Law |
| Date of publication: | | 06 September 1994 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration Council...
The Myanmar Mines Law
(The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No 8/94)...
The 2nd Waxing Day of Tawthalin, 1356 M.E.
(6th September, 1994)
"The objectives of this Law are as follows:
a.to implement the Mineral Resources Policy of the Government;
b.to fulfil the domestic requirements and to increase export by producing more mineral products;
c.to promote development of local and foreign investment in respect of mineral resources;
d.to supervise, scrutinize and approve applications submitted by person or organization desirous of conducting
mineral prospecting, exploration or production;
e.to carry out for the development of, conservation, utilization and research works of mineral resources;
f.to protect the environmental conservation works that may have detrimental effects due to mining operation..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | SLORC via BLC |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | THE LAW AMENDING THE ELECTRICITY LAW (1990) |
| Date of publication: | | 07 March 1990 |
| Description/subject: | | The State Law and Order Restoration council Law No. 3/90...
The 12th Waxing Day of Tabaung, 1351 M.E....
7 March 1990 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | State Law and Order Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (63K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 May 2011 |
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| Title: | | Electricity Law (1984) |
| Date of publication: | | 1984 |
| Description/subject: | | (1984 People's Parliament (PyiThu Hluttaw) Act No. 7)
See also the The Law Amending the Electricity Law(1990) |
| Language: | | English, Burmese |
| Source/publisher: | | Union of the Socialist Republic of Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (English - 74K; Burmese - 348K)) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/Electricity_Law(bu).pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 March 2011 |
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| Title: | | THE ELECTRICITY ACT (1910) |
| Date of publication: | | 01 January 1911 |
| Description/subject: | | [INDIA ACT IX, 1910.] (1st January, 1911.).....Replaced by the 1984 Electricity Law |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Government of India |
| Format/size: | | pdf (487K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 March 2011 |
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Money-laundering laws and decrees
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Notification No. 1 /2003: Control of Money Laundering Rules [and forms] |
| Date of publication: | | 05 December 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | "In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (a) of section 41 of the Control of Money Laundering Law, the Ministry of Home Affairs issues the following Rules with the approval of the Government:-..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Format/size: | | html (111K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 December 2003 |
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Laws related to foreign relations (texts)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | The Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Law (SPDC Law No. 4/2004) |
| Date of publication: | | 28 April 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | The Union of Myanmar:
The State Peace and Development Council -
The Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Law
(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 4/2004)...
The 10th Waxing of Kason 1366 ME
(28th April, 2004)...
The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following Law:-
"..This Law shall apply to providing assistance in criminal proceedings with States parties to an international convention or regional agreement to which the Union of Myanmar is a State party or with the State that has entered into bilateral agreement or with the State that will provide reciprocal assistance though not a State party to the international convention or regional agreement or bilateral agreement with respect to investigation, prosecution and judicial proceedings in criminal matters..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | SPDC |
| Format/size: | | html (38K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 May 2004 |
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