The State Peace and Development Council
The Law Amending the Political Pension Law.*
(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 7/2000)
The 7th Waxing Day of Tawthalin,1362 ME.
(4th September,2000)

The State Peace and Development Council enacts the following Law; -

1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Political Pension Law.

2. Section l5 of the Political Pension Law shall be substituted as follows;-
"15 (a) The right to enjoy monthly political pension shall be enjoyed only after attaining the age of 60.

(b) Provided that the age limit may be relaxed and monthly political pension be allowed to be enjoyed in the case of a person who has not attained the age of 60,but has carried out heavy political duty free from fault.

(c) If salary is being earned due to continued assignment of duty after the attainment of the age of 60, there shall be no right to enjoy monthly political pension."

3. Section 16 of the Political Pension Law shall be amended as sub-section (a) of section 16.

4. The following sub-section shall be inserted as sub-section (b) after sub-section (a) of section 16 of the Political Pension Law: -

(b) Provided that the provision "there is the right to enjoy only from the date on which the deceased attained the age of 60" in sub-section (a) of section 16 shall not apply to a person who has the right to enjoy monthly political pension on relaxation of age limit under sub-section (b) of section 15. "

* The Myanmar Gazette, part l,p.750,dated 15 September2000.

Sd./- Than Shwe
Senior General
Chairman
The State Peace and Development Council