Aung San-Atlee Agreement (27 January 1947) His Majesty’s Government and the Delegation of the Burma Executive Council having discussed all the matters affecting the future relations between Great Britain and Burma which were raised by the Delegation have reached the...

Declaration of Burma Independence (Under Japanese Administration) 1 August 1943

Declaration of Independence of Burma (Myanmar Version) 4 January 1948 လွတ်လပ်ရေး ကြေညာစာတမ်း အောင်စေသတည်း ၁။ မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ် ၁၃၀၉ ခုနှစ် ပြာသိုလဆုတ် ၉ ရက် (အင်္ဂလိပ် သက္ကရာဇ် ၁၉၄၈ ခုနှစ် ဇန်နဝါရီလ ၄ ရက်) တနင်္ဂနွေနေ့ ကောင်းမြတ်သန့်စင် မင်္ဂလာအပေါင်းနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသော...

TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF BURMA More widely known as "Nu-Attlee Treaty" TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF BURMA London, 17th October, 1947 The Government of...

REGISTRATION ACT, 1908 PART I : PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the 1[***] Registration Act, 1908. 2[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: PROVIDED that the State Government may...

THE BURMA COPYRIGHT ACT. [INDIA ACT III, 1914.] (24th February, 1914.) CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. 1. The Copyright Act as set out in the First Schedule and with the Definitions. Modifications set out herein shall apply to the Union of Burma. 2. In this Act, unless there...

THE PUBLIC PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT   [BURMA ACT LXXXIII, 1947] (24th December, 1947) It is hereby enacted as follows:— 1. This Act shall remain in force until such date as the President of the Union may by notification declare it to be no longer in force. 2. In this...

THE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ACT   [BURMA ACT XLVII, 1947] (1st August, 1947)  It is hereby enacted as follows: — 1. This Act shall come into force on the first day of August, 1947, and shall remain in force until the President of the Union, by notification,...

THE PUBLIC UTILITIES PROTECTION ACT [BURMA ACT XLI, 1947] (1st August, 1947) It is hereby enacted as follows : — 1. This Act shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the first day of August 1947. 2. No person shall do; any act with intent to impair the...

THE PUBLIC ORDER (PRESERVATION) ACT   [BURMA ACT XVI, 1947] (3rd April, 1947) WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for preserving peace and order in certain areas;          *               *               *               * It is hereby enacted as follows : —  1....

THE PRESS (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT  [INDIA ACT XXIII, 1931] (9th October, 1931)    1.               *               *               *               *  2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) “book” includes every volume, part...

THE UNLAWFUL ASSOCIATIONS ACT  [INDIA ACT XIV, 1908] (11th December, 1908)   1---- 14.    *                   *                    *                    *    PART II  UNLAWFUL ASSOCIATIONS  15. In this Part— (1) ‘‘association’’ means any combination or body of persons,...

THE EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ACT  [INDIA ACT VI, 1908] (8th June, 1908) 11. This Act extends to the whole of the Union of Burma and applies also to all citizens of the Union and all servants of the Government wherever they may be. 2. In this Act, the expression “explosive...

THE ARMS ACT CONTENTS I — PRELIMINARY Section. 1. Savings. 2-3. * * * * 4. Interpretation-clause. II — MANUFACTURE, CONVERSION AND SALE 5. Unlicensed manufacture, conversion and sale prohibited. III— IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSPORT 6. Unlicensed importation and...

THE BURMA OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT [INDIA ACT XIX, 1923] (2nd April, 1923) 11. This Act extends to the whole of the Union of Burma, and applies also to all all citizens of the Union and all servants of the Government wherever they may be. Foot Note: 1. Substituted by the...

THE NAVAL ARMAMENT ACT  [INDIA ACT VII, 1923] (10th November 1923] WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect in the Union of Burma to the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament and for the Exchange of Information concerning Naval Construction signed in London on...

THE BURMA AUXILIARY FORCE ACT CONTENTS Sections. 1. Application of Act. 2. Definitions. 3. Constitution of an auxiliary force. 4. Classes who may be enrolled. 5. Enrolment. 6. Liability to undergo military training. 7. Liability to perform military service. 8....

THE IDENTIFICATION OF PRISONERS ACT. [INDIA ACT XXXIII, 1920.] (9th September, 1920.) 1. * * * * 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, — (a) “measurements” include finger impressions and foot-print impressions; (b) “police...

THE PRISONERS ACT. CONTENTS. PART I. PRELIMINARY. Sections. 1. * * * * 2. Definitions. PART II. GENERAL. 3. Officers in charge of prisons to detain persons duly committed to their custody. 4. Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or...

THE PRISONS ACT. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. Sections. 1-2. * * * * 3. Definitions. CHAPTER II. MAINTENANCE AND OFFICERS OF PRISONS. 4. Accommodation for prisoners. 5. Inspector General. 6. Officers of prisons. 7. Temporary accommodation for prisoners. CHAPTER...

THE UNION MILITARY POLICE ACT. [BURMA ACT II, 1948.] (2nd January, 1948.) It is hereby enacted as follows : - PART I. 1. This Act may be called the Union Military Police Act. 2. It shall come into force on such date as the President of the Union may, by notification,...

THE POLICE ACT, 1945 CONTENTS. Sections. 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation clause. 3. Constitution of the force. 4. Inspector-General of Police, and Deputy and Assistant Inspectors-General. Superintendence in the Governor. 5. District and Assistant...

THE DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS ACT. (INDIA ACT V, 1917.) (28th February, 1917.) 1-2. * * * * 3. (1) The authorities hereinafter specified may, from time to time, make rules for the disposal, by destruction or otherwise, of such documents as are, in the opinion of the...

The Judicial Officers Protection Acts. [India Act XVIII, 1850.] (4th April, 1850.) For the greater protection of Magistrates and others acting judicially; It is enacted as follows :-- 1. No judge, Magistrate, collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable...

THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT. (INDIA ACT XII, 1926.) (1st May, 1926.) 1. * * * * 2. The High Court shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, powers and authority, in accordance with the same procedure and practice, in respect of contempts Courts subordinate to it...

THE PUBLIC SERVANTS INQUIRIES ACT. (INDIA ACT XXXVII, 1850.) (1st November, 1850.) 1. * * * * 2. Wherever the Governor shall be of opinion that there are good grounds for making a formal and public inquiry into the truth of any imputation of misbehavior by any person...

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS DEFAULT ACT. (INDIA ACT XII, 1850.) (22nd March, 1850.) 1. Every public accountant shall give security for the due discharge of the trusted of his office for the due account of all moneys which shall come into his possession by reason of his...

THE PENSIONS ACT. (INDIA ACT XXIII, 1871.) (8th August, 1871.) I. PRELIMINARY 1-2. * * * * All rules in regard to the award and payment of pensions or grants of money or land-venue, and the identification of the persons entitled to receive them, made under enactment,...

THE BURMA IMMIGRATION (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT.2 [BURMA ACT XXXI, 1947.] (13th June, 1947.) 1. (1) This Act may be called the Burma Immigration (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1947. (2) It shall come into force at once. 32. (1) In this Act unless there is anything...

THE FOREIGN RELATIONS ACT. [INDIA ACT XII, 1932.] (8th April, 1932.) WHEREAS it is expedient to provide against the publication of statements likely to prejudice the maintenance of friendly relations between His Majesty’s Government Governments of certain foreign...

THE MYANMAR EXTRADITION ACT. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY. Sections. 1. * * * * 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II. SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE CRIMINALS IN CASE OF FOREIGN STATES. 3. (1) Requisition for surrender. (2) Summons or warrant for arrest. (3) Inquiry by Magistrate....

THE MYANMAR PASSPORT ACT. [INDIA ACT XXXIV, 1920.] (9th September, 1920.) 1. * * * * 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, - "entry " means entry by water, land or air; "passport"’ means a passport for the time being in force...

THE REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS ACT. [BURMA ACT VII, 1940.] (28th March, 1940.) 1. This Act shall come into force on the 28th March, 1940. 2. In this Act- (a) "Foreigner" means a foreigner as defined in the Foreigners Act: provided that the following shall not be...

THE FOREIGNERS ACT. [INDIA ACT III, 1864.] (12th February, 1864.) WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision to enable the President of the Union to prevent the subjects of Foreign States from residing or sojourning in Union of Burma, or from passing through or...

THE BURMA LAWS ACT. ( INDIA ACT XIII, 1898.) ( 4th November, 1898. ) 1 - 4 * * * * 5. The President of the Union may, for administrative including revenue purposes,- (a) divide Upper Burma into divisions and each of those divisions into districts, and vary the limits...