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

The Law Amending the Veterinary Council Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 71, 2015) The 11 th Waxing Day of Nadaw, 1377, M.E. (22 nd December, 2015) The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hereby enacts this law. 1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Veterinary Council Law. 2. Sub-section (c) of Section 2 of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted as follows: “(c) Veterinary Surgeon means a person who has obtained Veterinary Science degree and registered under this Law.” 3. In Section 2 of the Veterinary Council Law: (a) After sub-section (d), sub-section (e) shall be inserted as follows; “(e) Veterinary Support Science means the support science for the animal’s food, medicine and livestock breeding relating to veterinary science.” (b) Sub-section (e) shall be renumbered as sub-section (f). 1 4. The expression “any Veterinary Science” contained in the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted by the expression “any Veterinary support Science”. 5. The expression “Ministry of Livestock Breeding and Fisheries” contained in the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted by the expression “Ministry of Livestock Breeding, Fisheries and Rural Development”. 6. The expression “three tenures” contained in sub-section (c) of Section (7) of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted by the expression “two tenures”. 7. In Section 9 of the Veterinary Council Law: (a) Sub-section (e) shall be substituted as follows: “(e) unsoundness of mind, death.” (b) After sub-section (e), sub-section (f) and (g) shall be inserted as follows: “(f) finding the failure of the code of ethics by the Council: (g) failure to perform the duties assigned by the Council.” 2 8. Sub-section (h) of Section 10 of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted as follows: “(h) taking measures for the recognition by foreign countries of the Veterinary Science degrees and postgraduates, the degrees and postgraduates for the veterinary support science conferred by the State.” 9. Sub-sections (a) and (b) of the section 11 of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted as follows: “(a) a person who has obtained a Veterinary Science degree or a similar degree from any local University recognized by the Council; (b) a person who has obtained a Veterinary Science degree or a similar degree from any foreign University recognized by the Council.” 10. After Section 11 of the Veterinary Council Law, Section 11-A shall be inserted as follows: “11-A A foreigner desirous of registration as Veterinary Surgeon may apply to the Council if he meets any of the following qualifications: (a) a person who has obtained a Veterinary Science degree or a similar degree from any foreign University recognized by the Council; 3 (b) a person who has obtained a Veterinary Science degree or a similar degree from any foreign University not recognized by the Council and passed the examination of the qualifications held by the Council.” 11. Sub-section (a) of Section 15 of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted as follows: (a) be assigned the duty of or be elected as a member of the Council and vote in the election of member of the Council; 12. In Section 25 of the Veterinary Council Law: (a) The expression “imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1 year or with fine which may extend to kyats 10,000 or with both” contained in sub-section (a) shall be substituted by the expression “fine three hundred thousand kyats”; (b) The expression “three years imprisonmet” contained in sub-section (b) shall be substituted by the expression “one year imprisonment” and the expression “fine kyats 30,000” shall be substituted by the expression “fine three hundred thousand kyats”. 4 13. The expression “1 year imprisonment” contained in Section 26 of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted by the expression “one year imprisonment” and the expression “fine kyats 10,000” shall be substituted by the expression “fine three hundred thousand kyats”. 14. Section 32 of the Veterinary Council Law shall be substituted as follows: “32. In implementing the provision of this Law: (a) the Ministry of Livestock Breeding, Fisheries and Rural Development may, with the approval of the Union Government, issue rules, regulations and bye-laws; (b) the Ministry of Livestock Breeding, Fisheries and Rural Development, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department and the Council may issue notifications, order, directives and procedures.” I hereby sign in accord with the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Sd/ Thein Sein President The Republic of the Union of Myanmar 5