Laws of Myanmar (Burma)

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Agricultural Sector Review and Investment Strategy - Volume 2

policy · Made 0000

Animal Health and Development Law No. 17/93

Act · Made 1993-11-25

Repealed

Atomic Energy Law

Act · Made 1998-06-08

Bago Region Land Tax Law

Act · Made 2019-03-28

Bago Region Salt and Salt Products Industry Law

Act · Made 2014-09-09

Burma Wildlife Protection Act 1936 (Act No. VII of 1936)

Act · Made 1936-10-11

Repealed

City of Mandalay Development Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2002)

Act · Made 2002-11-14

City of Yangon Development Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 11/90)

Act · Made 1990-05-14

Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2016–2030

policy · Made 2017-01-19

Community Forestry: A Strategic Plan (2018-2020)

policy · Made 2018-09

Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law

Act · Made 2018-05-21

Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2006)

Act · Made 2006-10-02

Constitution of Myanmar

Constitution · Made 2008

Consumer Protection Law

Act · Made 2019-03-15

Cooperative Societies Law (Law No. 9/92)

Act · Made 1992-12-22

COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan

policy · Made 2020-04

Development Committees Law, 1993

Act · Made 1993-04-01

Directive for Labelling of Prepackaged Foods

Regulation · Made 2011-01-20

Directive for labelling of prepackaged foods.

Other · Made 2022-01-20

Directive No. (1/98) on mercury content in fish products

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (10/96) on sampling

Regulation · Made 1996-11-06

Directive No. (11/96) on packaging requirements

Regulation · Made 1996-11-06

Directive No. 2/2019 of the Central Committee for Consumer Protection on items that are required to be labeled in Burmese

Other · Made 2019-12-03

Directive No. (2/98) on Minimum hygiene conditions for on board fishing vessels

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (3/98) on the microbiological criteria for the production of cooked crustaceans and shellfish

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (4/98) on food additives used in fish and fish products

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (5/98) on Water and ice standard for fish industry

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (6/98) on the inspection to detect parasites and the monitoring system used for processed fish and fish products

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (7/96) on structural requirements for fisheries product establishments

Regulation · Made 1996-11-06

Directive No. (7/98) on fixing the total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) and histamine limit values for certain categories of fish products

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (8/96) on the operational requirements for fisheries product establishments

Regulation · Made 1996-11-06

Directive No. (8/98) on aquaculture medical drugs used in fish and fish products

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Directive No. (9/96) on general product standard

Regulation · Made 1996-11-06

Directive No. (9/98) on Myanmar Department of Fisheries System of Inspection (MDSFI)

Regulation · Made 1998-08-03

Duties and Rights of the Central Committee for the Management of Culturable Land, Fallow Land and Waste Land (Notification No. 44/91)

Regulation · Made 1991-11-13

Electricity Law (1984) (People's Parliament Act No. 7)

Act · Made 1984

Embankment Act

Act · Made 1910-10-15

Repealed

Embankment Law 2017

Act · Made 2017-08-08

Environmental Conservation Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 9/2012)

Act · Made 2012-03-30

Environmental Conservation Rules

Regulation · Made 2014-06-05

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Procedure

Regulation · Made 2015-12-29

Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines for the Mining Sector

Other · Made 2018-10

Essential Supplies and Services Law

Act · Made 2012-08-10

Factories Act, 1951 (Act No. 65 of 1951)

Act · Made 1951

Farmland Rules (Notification No. 62/2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-08-31

Fertilizer Law (No. 7/2002)

Act · Made 2002-10-01

Forest (Emissions) Reference Level Action Plan for Myanmar (2015)

policy · Made 2015-09

Forest Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29/2018)

Act · Made 2018-09-20

Forest Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/92)

Act · Made 1992-11-03

Repealed

Forest Rules

Regulation · Made 1995-12-01

Repealed

Forest Rules (2019)

Regulation · Made 2019

Freshwater Fisheries Law Repeal Act (State Planning and Administration Council Law No. 53/2023)

Act · Made 2023-07-27

Freshwater Fisheries Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 1/91)

Act · Made 1991-03-04

Repealed

Industrial Zone Law

Act · Made 2020-05-26

Irrigation Law (No. 27 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-08-31

Irrigation Rules, 2019

Regulation · Made 2019-07-15

Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 24, 2019)

Act · Made 2019-08-19

Law Amending the Animal Health and Development Law

Act · Made 2010-12-31

Repealed

Law Amending the Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.11, 2017)

Act · Made 2017-07-11

Law Amending the Electricity Law (The State Law and Order Restoration council Law No. 3/90)

Act · Made 1990-03-07

Law Amending the Farmland Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 2, 2020)

Act · Made 2020-02-14

Law Amending the Fertilizer Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 15, 2015)

Act · Made 2015-03-23

Law amending the Law relating to the Fishing Rights of Foreign Fishing Vessels (No. 15/93)

Act · Made 1993-10-25

Law Amending the Management of Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.24, 2018)

Act · Made 2018-09-11

Law amending the Myanmar Marine Fisheries Law (No. 16/93)

Act · Made 1993-10-28

Law Amending the Myanmar Mines Law

Act · Made 2015-12-24

Law Amending the National Drug Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 22/2014)

Act · Made 2014-04-01

Law Amending the Oilfields Act, 1918

Act · Made 2010-12-31

Law Amending the Petroleum Act, 1934

Act · Made 2010-12-31

Law Amending the Seed Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.5, 2015)

Act · Made 2015-02-18

Law amending the Territorial Sea and Maritime Zones Law (Law No. 8/2006)

Act · Made 2008-12-05

Repealed

Law Amending the Traditional Drug Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 8/2014)

Act · Made 2014-02-28

Law Amending the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 1/2005)

Act · Made 2005

Law Amending the Veterinary Council Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 71, 2015)

Act · Made 2015-12-22

Law of Protection of the Farmer Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 32, 2013)

Act · Made 2013-10-04

Law relating to Aquaculture

Act · Made 1989-09-07

Law relating to the Fishing Rights of Foreign Fishing Vessels

Act · Made 1989-04-02

Marine Fisheries Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/90)

Act · Made 1990-04-25

Mines Law 1994 (Law N. 8/94)

Act · Made 1994-09-06

Multi-sectoral National Plan of Action on Nutrition (MS-NPAN) 2018/19 – 2022/23

policy · Made 2018-07

Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Reduction 2012

policy · Made 2012

Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (MAPDRR) 2009-2015

policy · Made 2009

Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (MAPDRR) 2017

policy · Made 2017-10

Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank Law

Act · Made 1990-07-06

Myanmar Agriculture Development Strategy and Investment Plan (2018-23)

policy · Made 2018

Myanmar Climate Change Master Plan (2018 – 2030)

policy · Made 2019

Myanmar Climate Change Strategy (2018 – 2030)

policy · Made 2019

Myanmar Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy 2015

policy · Made 2015-09

Myanmar Development Assistant Policy 2020

policy · Made 2019

Myanmar Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy 2015 - 2025

policy · Made 2015

Myanmar Forest Policy 1995

policy · Made 1995

Myanmar Gemstone Law(the State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/95)

Act · Made 1995-09-29

Myanmar Integrated Water Resources Management Strategic Study 2014

policy · Made 2014-12

Myanmar Investment Law

Act · Made 2016

Myanmar Investment Rules

Regulation · Made 2017-03-30

Myanmar National Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (2017-2022)

policy · Made 2017-07

Myanmar National Committee on Large Dams Law (No. 41 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015

Myanmar National Committee on Large Dams Rules, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-11-23

Myanmar National Framework for Community Disaster Resilience

policy · Made 2016

Myanmar National Social Protection Strategic Plan

policy · Made 2014-12

Myanmar Pearl Rules

Regulation · Made 2000-06-15

Myanmar Plant Health System Strategy 2016-2020

policy · Made 2017-08

Myanmar Pulses Sector Development Strategy 2017

policy · Made 2017-12

Myanmar Rice Sector Development Strategy (MRSDS) 2015

policy · Made 2015-05

Myanmar’ s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution-INDC

policy · Made 2015-08-25

Myanmar’s Nationally Determined Contribution

policy · Made 2021-07

Myanmar Second Short Term Five Year Agriculture Policies and Strategic Thrusts

policy · Made 2016

Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law, 2014

Act · Made 2014-01-23

Myanmar Special Economic Zone Rules

Regulation · Made 2015-08-27

Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2014)

Act · Made 2014-01-23

Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (2018 – 2030)

policy · Made 2018-08

Myanmar Territorial Sea and Maritime Zones Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.14, 2017)

Act · Made 2017-07-17

National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2018-2022

policy · Made 2018-10

National Adaptation Programme of Action to Climate Change

policy · Made 2012

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2012-05-03

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020

policy · Made 2015-10

National Drug Law

Act · Made 1992-10-30

National Environmental Quality (Emission) Guidelines

Regulation · Made 2016-02-01

National Export Strategy (NES) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar 2015-2019

policy · Made 2015

National Food Law

Act · Made 1997-03-03

National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

policy · Made 2020-12

National Land Use Policy

policy · Made 2016-01

National Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (2011-2015)

policy · Made 2013

National Strategic Plan for the advancement of Women (2013-2022)

policy · Made 2013

National Strategy for Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), WASH in Schools and WASH in Health Facilities

policy · Made 2016-03

National Sustainable Development Strategy

policy · Made 2009-08

National Waste Management Strategy and Master Plan for Myanmar (2018-2030)

policy · Made 2018-08

National Water Policy 2015

policy · Made 2015-08

Natural Disaster Management Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 21 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-07-31

Notification No. 13 /2017 of the Myanmar Investment Commission regarding to Classification of Promoted Sector

Other · Made 2017-04-01

Notification No. 15 /2017 of the Myanmar Investment Commission regardig to the List of Restricted Investment Activities

Other · Made 2017-04-10

Notification No. 28/2020 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on banning import of air conditioners using HCFCs (R22 refrigerant) from July 2020

Other · Made 2020-04-02

Notification No.40/98 (Regulations of Salt Enterprise Law)

Regulation · Made 1998-11-19

Pearl Law

Act · Made 1995-07-10

Pesticide Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 10/90)

Act · Made 1990-05-11

Repealed

Petroleum and Petroleum Product Law

Act · Made 2017-08-01

Plant Pest Quarantine Law

Act · Made 1993-06-16

Plant Pest Quarantine Regulations

Regulation · Made 2000

Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases Law

Act · Made 1995-03-20

Prevention from Danger of Chemical and Associated Materials Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 28/2013)

Act · Made 2013-08-26

Procedures Amending the Procedures Conferring the Right to Cultivate Land/Right to Utilize Land for Agricultural and Livestock Breeding Purposes (Notification No 1/98)

Regulation · Made 1998-09-28

Procedures Conferring the Right to Cultivate Land/Right to Utilize Land (Notification No. 1/91)

Regulation · Made 1991-12-12

Procedures relating to the New Plant Variety Protection Law (Order No. 287/2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-09-24

Procedures relating to the Pesticide Law

Other · Made 1991-06-08

Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Regions Law (Law No. 9/98)

Act · Made 1998-09-10

Protection of Wildlife and Conservation of Natural Areas Law. (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 6/94)

Act · Made 1994-06-08

Protection of Wildlife and protected Areas Law No. 6/94

Act · Made 1994-06-08

Repealed

Rangoon Municipal Act

Act · Made 0000 · Yangon

Rangoon Water-Works Act

Act · Made 1885-02-14

Registration of Deeds Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.9, 2018)

Act · Made 2018-03-20

Regulation for importation and exportation of breeding swine into Myanmar

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for importation and exportation of cattle and buffalos into Myanmar

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for importation and exportation of hatching eggs and poultry/birds into Myanmar

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for importation and exportation of horses into Myanmar

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for importation and exportation of sheep and goats into Myanmar

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for the exportation of animals from Myanmar to any Country

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for the importation of beef, mutton and their edible products to Myanmar

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulation for the importation of wildlife as zoo animals

Regulation · Made 2002

Regulations for Importation and Exportation of Animals and Animal Products

Regulation · Made 2017-12

Renting Land for Cultivation Law, 1963

Act · Made 1963

Repealed

Rules under the Burma Wild Life Protection Act, 1936

Regulation · Made 1941-01-02

Rural Development Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 39, 2019)

Act · Made 2019-12-27

Rural Development Strategic Framework 2014

policy · Made 2014-03

Salt Enterprise Law

Act · Made 1992-09-18

Sea Customs (Amendment) Act,1959

Act · Made 1959-09-21

Second Amendment of the Myanmar Pearl Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 31, 2018)

Act · Made 2018-09-25

Seed Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 1 / 2011)

Act · Made 2011-01-07

Settlement of Labour Dispute Law

Act · Made 2012-03-28

Social Security Law, 2012 (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 15)

Act · Made 2012

Technical Guidance on Rice Fortification

Other · Made 2019-02

Technical Regulations for Export and Import of Fishery Products

Regulation · Made 2015

Territorial Sea and Maritime Zones Law, 1977 (Law No. 3)

Act · Made 1977-11-29

Repealed

The Animal Health and Livestock Development Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 13, 2020)

Act · Made 2020-08-26

The Board of Yangon City Electric Power Supply Law

Act · Made 2005-11-22

The Demarcation of Boundaries Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 11, 2019)

Act · Made 2019-03-25

The Farmland Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 11 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-03-30

The Law Amending the Myanmar Pearl Law

Act · Made 2014-07-29

The New Plant Variety Protection Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29, 2019)

Act · Made 2019-09-24

The Patent Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7, 2019)

Act · Made 2019-03-11

The Pesticide Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 14, 2016)

Act · Made 2016-01-20

The Rules Amending the Rules for the Protection of Farmer’s Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-05-29

The Rules for the Protection of Farmer’s Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-01-15

The Second Amending Law of the Protection of Farmer’s Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.36, 2018)

Act · Made 2018-12-18

The Second Amending Rules of the Rules for the Protection of Farmer’s Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-07-30

The Veterinary Council Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/95)

Act · Made 1995-10-19

The Water Tax and Embankment Tax Law, 2017 (No. 9 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-07-05

The Water Tax and Embankment Tax Rules, 2019

Regulation · Made 2019-07-15

Traditional Drug Law

Act · Made 1996-07-25

Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Act, 1987

Act · Made 1987

Underground Water Act

Act · Made 1930-06-21

Underground Water Rules 1941

Regulation · Made 1941

Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, 2012

Act · Made 2012-03-30

Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Rules, Notification No. 1/2012

Regulation · Made 2012-08-31

Water Power Act, 1927

Act · Made 1927-10-29