"By vigorously opposing all unjust and oppressive laws, and by helping restore the principle of the Rule of Law, the Burma Lawyers' Council aims to contribute to the transformation of Burma where all the citizens enjoy the equal protection of law under the democratic federal constitution which will guarantee fundamentals of human rights."


The Penal Code

(INDIA ACT XLV. 1860) (1st May. 1861)

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

1. * * *
2. Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, which he shall be guilty within the Union of Burma.

THE CITY OF YANGON MUNICIPAL (AMEMDMENT) ACT, 1961

[Act No. I of 1961]
(The 17th March 1961)

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1. This Act may be called the City of Yangon Municipal (Amemdment) Act, 1961.

2. In section 228 of the City of Yangon Municipal Act-

(a) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted as sub-section (1); namely:-

The Parliamentary Act 1955-1961

NO.
PARTICULAR ACT
LAW NO.
YEAR

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