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Myanmar - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Myanmar Companies Law, 2017 (2017, Union No. 29). (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿) -

Adoption: 2017-12-06 | MMR-2017-L-107453

Myanmar - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Law on the Practice of Monogamy (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 54/2015). -

Adoption: 2015-08-31 | MMR-2015-L-103619

Myanmar - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Buddhist Women Special Marriage Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 50/2015). -

Adoption: 2015-08-26 | MMR-2015-L-103620

Provides that before all marriages between Buddhist women and non-Buddhist men, the couple must submit an application. The registrar is to publicly display the application for 14 days, following which time, if there are no objections, the marriage may be solemnized. The husband must respect his wife’s practice of Buddhism, make no attempts to convert her, allow their children to freely practice their religion and refrain from insulting Buddhism. If he violates any of these mandates, the Buddhist woman may divorce her husband, and the husband will be forced to relinquish his share of jointly owned property and lose guardianship of their children.

Myanmar - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Microfinance Industries Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.13/2011). -

Adoption: 2011-12-02 | MMR-2011-L-93085

Myanmar - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Private Industrial Enterprise Law (Law No. 22/1990). -

Adoption: 1990-11-26 | MMR-1990-L-55215

Governs the registration of private industrial enterprises. Chapter One sets definitions for use with the act. Chapter sets the law's basic principles. These include inter alia, to increase national production and GNP, to acquire technical know-how and to create employment. Chapter Three establishes the procedures and manner of registration of private industrial enterprises. Chapter Four establishes the Private Enterprise Coordination Body, which is designed to coordinate the development and improvement of private industrial enterprises. Part Five creates a Supervisory Body for the function of recommending the registration of enterprises and supervising the compliance of enterprises with the laws of Myanmar. Establishes that the body is to recommend registration of enterprises on the basis of inter alia, not being injurious to the health of the public in the vicinity of the enterprise, not causing harm to the health of its workers and not coausing harm to the local environment. Chapter Six sets the duties and rights of entrepreneurs. Chapter Seven establishes the powers of the Director General of the Directorate of Regional Industrial Coordination and Industrial Inspection. Chapter Eight establishes the powers of the State or Divisional Officer-in-Charge. Chapter Nine makes explicit the conditions under which registration may be invalidated. Chapter Ten sets appeal procedures in case of such invalidation. Chapter Eleven establishes the powers of the Minister of No. 1 Industry with respect to the act. Chapter Twelve establishes acts by enterprises which are to be prohibited and Chapter Thirteen sets the penalties for such offences. Chapter Fourteen sets miscellaneous provisions including granting the Ministry of No. 1 Industry with the power to make regulations for the purposes of carrying out the act.

Myanmar - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Myanmar Code of Civil Procedure, 1979. -

Adoption: 1979 | MMR-1979-L-93079

Part I - Suits in General
Part II - Execution
Part III - Incidental Proceedings
Part IV - Suits in Particular Cases
Part V - Special Proceedings
Part VI - Supplemental Proceedings
Part VII - Appeals
Part VIII - Reference, Review and Revision
Part IX - Special Revisions relating to the High Court
Part X - Rules
Part XI - Miscellaneous