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

The Law Amending The Traditional Drug Law Page 1 of 2 The Law Amending The Traditional Drug Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 8/ 2014) The New Moon of Tabodwe, 1375 M.E (28th February, 2014) The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hereby enacts this Law. 1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Traditional Drug Law. 2. In section (2) of the Traditional Drug Law: (a) in sub-section (a) “Traditional Drug means a local concoction not including conventional medicine for use either directly or indirectly, whether internally or externally, in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases, promotion of health in human beings and animals” shall be substituted. (b) the expression “Homely Remedy” contained in sub-section (L) shall be substituted by the expression “common drug from readily available materials, ingredients or folk medicine”. (c) sub-section (m) shall be annulled. (d) sub-sections (n, o, p and q) shall be re-numbered as sub-section (m, n, o and p). 3. The expression “fine which may extend to Kyats 30,000” contained in sub-section (31) of the Traditional Drug Law shall be substituted by the expression “fine which may extend to three hundred thousand Kyats”. 4. In section (32) of the Traditional Drug Law: (a) the expression “fine which may extend to Kyats 30,000” contained in sub-section (a) shall be substituted by the expression “fine which may extend to three hundred thousand Kyats”. (b) the expression “fine which may extend to Kyats 10,000” contained in sub-section (b) shall be substituted by the expression “fine which may extend to one hundred thousand Kyats”. 5. The expression “fine which may extend to Kyats 5,000” contained in section (33) of the Traditional Drug Law shall be substituted by the expression “fine which may extend to fifty thousand Kyats”. 6. The expression “procedures” contained in sub-section (a) of section (43) of the Traditional Drug Law shall be annulled and the expression “and procedures” shall be inserted after the expression “Directive” in sub section (b). I hereby sign under the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Mya nm ar La w In for mati on Sys tem (M LIS ) The Law Amending The Traditional Drug Law Page 2 of 2 (Sd.) Thein Sein The President The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Mya nm ar La w In for mati on Sys tem (M LIS )