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Constitution of Myanmar.
Date of text: 2008

Policies

Myanmar’s Nationally Determined Contribution.
Date of text: 01 July 2021
National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Date of text: 01 December 2020
Myanmar Climate Change Master Plan (2018 – 2030).
Date of text: 2019
Myanmar Climate Change Strategy (2018 – 2030).
Date of text: 2019
Myanmar Development Assistant Policy 2020.
Date of text: 2019

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Rural Development Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 39, 2019).
Date of text: 27 December 2019
Law of Protection of the Farmer Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 32, 2013).
Date of text: 04 October 2013
The Farmland Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 11 of 2012).
Date of text: 30 March 2012
Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank Law.
Date of text: 06 July 1990 (30 January 1996)
The Rules for the Protection of Farmer’s Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits, 2015.
Date of text: 15 January 2015

Cultivated plants

The New Plant Variety Protection Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29, 2019).
Date of text: 24 September 2019
The Pesticide Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 14, 2016).
Date of text: 20 January 2016
Seed Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 1 / 2011)
Date of text: 07 January 2011
Fertilizer Law (No. 7/2002).
Date of text: 01 October 2002
Plant Pest Quarantine Law.
Date of text: 16 June 1993

Disaster risk management

Natural Disaster Management Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 21 of 2013).
Date of text: 31 July 2013

Environment

Environmental Conservation Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 9/2012).
Date of text: 30 March 2012
Prevention from Danger of Chemical and Associated Materials Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 28/2013).
Date of text: 26 August 2013
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Procedure.
Date of text: 29 December 2015
City of Mandalay Development Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2002).
Date of text: 14 November 2002
City of Yangon Development Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 11/90).
Date of text: 14 May 1990

Fisheries and aquaculture

Marine Fisheries Law (State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/90).
Date of text: 25 April 1990
Law relating to Aquaculture.
Date of text: 07 September 1989
Freshwater Fisheries Law Repeal Act (State Planning and Administration Council Law No. 53/2023).
Date of text: 27 July 2023
Pearl Law.
Date of text: 10 July 1995
Law relating to the Fishing Rights of Foreign Fishing Vessels.
Date of text: 02 April 1989

Food and nutrition

National Food Law.
Date of text: 03 March 1997 (13 August 2013)
Bago Region Salt and Salt Products Industry Law.
Date of text: 09 September 2014 (30 December 2019)
Salt Enterprise Law.
Date of text: 18 September 1992
Notification No.40/98 (Regulations of Salt Enterprise Law).
Date of text: 19 November 1998
Directive for Labelling of Prepackaged Foods.
Date of text: 20 January 2011

Forestry

Forest Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29/2018).
Date of text: 20 September 2018
Forest Rules (2019).
Date of text: 2019

Gender

Factories Act, 1951 (Act No. 65 of 1951).
Date of text: 1951

Land and soil

Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 24, 2019).
Date of text: 19 August 2019
Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, 2012.
Date of text: 30 March 2012
Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Rules, Notification No. 1/2012.
Date of text: 31 August 2012
Bago Region Land Tax Law.
Date of text: 28 March 2019
The Demarcation of Boundaries Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 11, 2019).
Date of text: 25 March 2019

Livestock

The Animal Health and Livestock Development Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 13, 2020).
Date of text: 26 August 2020
National Drug Law.
Date of text: 30 October 1992
The Veterinary Council Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/95).
Date of text: 19 October 1995
Regulations for Importation and Exportation of Animals and Animal Products.
Date of text: 01 December 2017
Regulation for importation and exportation of cattle and buffalos into Myanmar.
Date of text: 2002

Mineral resources and energy

Mines Law 1994 (Law N. 8/94).
Date of text: 06 September 1994
Petroleum and Petroleum Product Law.
Date of text: 01 August 2017
Law Amending the Petroleum Act, 1934.
Date of text: 31 December 2010
Law Amending the Oilfields Act, 1918.
Date of text: 31 December 2010
The Board of Yangon City Electric Power Supply Law.
Date of text: 22 November 2005

Sea

Myanmar Territorial Sea and Maritime Zones Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.14, 2017).
Date of text: 17 July 2017
Sea Customs (Amendment) Act,1959.
Date of text: 21 September 1959

Social protection

Social Security Law, 2012 (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 15).
Date of text: 2012
Factories Act, 1951 (Act No. 65 of 1951).
Date of text: 1951

Water

Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2006).
Date of text: 02 October 2006
Irrigation Law (No. 27 of 2017).
Date of text: 31 August 2017
Embankment Law 2017.
Date of text: 08 August 2017
The Water Tax and Embankment Tax Law, 2017 (No. 9 of 2017).
Date of text: 05 July 2017
Myanmar National Committee on Large Dams Law (No. 41 of 2015).
Date of text: 2015

Wild species and ecosystems

Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law.
Date of text: 21 May 2018
Protection of Wildlife and Conservation of Natural Areas Law. (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 6/94).
Date of text: 08 June 1994
Rules under the Burma Wild Life Protection Act, 1936.
Date of text: 02 January 1941
Regulations for Importation and Exportation of Animals and Animal Products.
Date of text: 01 December 2017
Regulation for the importation of wildlife as zoo animals.
Date of text: 2002

Miscellaneous

Consumer Protection Law.
Date of text: 15 March 2019
Myanmar Investment Law.
Date of text: 2016
The Patent Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7, 2019).
Date of text: 11 March 2019
Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2014).
Date of text: 23 January 2014
Cooperative Societies Law (Law No. 9/92).
Date of text: 22 December 1992

International Agreements

Memorandum of Understanding under the Joint Working Group on Water Resources Cooperation of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation on the Provision of Hydrological Information of the Lancang River Throughout the Year by China to the Other Five Member Countries.
Date of text: 01 November 2020
Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Federal Government of Myanmar on cooperation on Sino Myanmar oil and gas pipeline project.
Date of text: 26 March 2009
Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Union of Myanmar on protection of intellectual property rights related to bilateral military and technical cooperation.
Date of text: 11 February 2005

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