BLC Laws Achieve (Myanmar Laws 1991)

The State Law and Order Restoration Council
The Law Amending the City of Yangon Municipal Act
(The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No.8/91)
The 10th Waxing Day of Kason, 1353 M.E.
(22nd April, 1991)

The State Law and Order Restoration Council hereby enacts the following Law: -

1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the City of Yangon Municipal Act.

2. The expression "shall be punished for each such offence with fine which may extend to the amount" contained in section 205 sub-section (b) of the City of Yangon Municipal Act shall be substituted by the expression "shall he punished for each such offence with fine or imprisonment or both."

3. The expression "Fine which may be imposed" which is the heading of the third column of the Schedule contained in section 205 of the City of Yangon Municipal Act shall be substituted by the expression "Fine or imprisonment or both which may be imposed."

4. In the first column of the Schedule contained in section 205 of the City of Yangon Municipal Act: -
(a) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 98, section 99, section 127, section 138 sub-section (3) and section 154 sub-section (1) respectively shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 500, maximum fine kyats 5,000, or minimum imprisonment I month, maximum imprisonment 6 months, or both.";

(b) the ilfle5 imposed in the third column in respect of section 100 and section 159 sub-section (2) shall be substituted by the penalties Minimum fine kyats 1,000, maximum fine kyats 5,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year or both."

(c) the fine imposed in the third column in respect of section 103 shall he substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 500, maximum fine kyats 5,000, or minimum imprisonment 1 months, maximum imprisonment 6 months or both.";

(d) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 108 subsection (1) clause (b) shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 500, maximum fine kyats 5,000.";

(e) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 121 subsection (1), section 123 sub-section (1), section 124, section 153, section 154 sub-section (4), section 162 sub-section (1), section 167 sub-section (1), section 170 sub-section (6), section 172, section 173 sub-section (2) and section 175 sub-section (7) respectively shall he substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 5,000, maximum fine kyats 50,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both.";

(f) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 125 subsection (1) clause (a) and section 144 sub-section (1) shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 1,000, maximum fine kyats 10,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both.";

(g) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 125 subsection (1) from clause (b) to clause (e), section 156 sub-section (3), section 157 sub-section (1) and section 157 sub-section (3) respectively shall he substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 2,000, maximum fine kyats 20,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both.";

(h) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 126 subsection (I) and section 130 sub-section (2) shall be substituted by the fine "Minimum fine kyats 100, maximum fine kyats 1,000.";

(i) the fine imposed in the third column in respect of section 132 shall he substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 1,000, maximum fine kyats 5,000, or minimum imprisonment 1 month, maximum imprisonment 6 months, or both for a first offence and minimum fine kyats 2,000, maximum tine kyats 10,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both for any subsequent offence.";

(j) the fines imposed in the third column in respect of section 133 and section 134 shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats1,000, maximum fine kyats 10,000, or minimum imprisonment I month, maximum imprisonment 6 months, or both for a first offence and minimum fine kyats 2,000, maximum fine kyats 20,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both for any subsequent offence.";

(k) the fine imposed in the third column in respect of section 135 shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 500, maximum fine kyats 5,000, or minimum imprisonment I month, maximum imprisonment 6 months, or both for a first offence and minimum fine kyats 1,000, maximum fine kyats 10,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both for any subsequent offence.";

(l) the fine imposed in the third column in respect of section 147 subsection (1) shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 3,000, maximum fine kyats 30,000, or minimum imprisonment 3 months, maximum imprisonment 1 year, or both.";

(m) the fine imposed in the third column in respect of section 163 subsection (1) and section 164 sub-section (1) shall be substituted by the penalties "Minimum fine kyats 1,000, maximum fine kyats 5,000, or minimum imprisonment I month, maximum imprisonment 6 months, or both.";

5. The expression "Certain offences punishable with fine," in the side note shown against section 205 of the City of Yangon Municipal Act shall he substituted by the expression "Certain offences punishable with fine or imprisonment or both.";

6. In respect of the daily fines imposed in the third column of the Schedule contained in section 206 of the City of Yangon Municipal Act:-
(a) the expression "Five kyats" shall be substituted by the expression "Fifty kyats";

(b) the expression "Ten kyats" shall be substituted by the expression "One hundred kyats";

(d) the expression "Twenty-five kyats" shall he substituted by the expression "Two hundred and fifty kyats";

(e) the expression "Fifty kyats" shall be substituted by the expression "Five hundred kyats";

(f) the expression "One hundred kyats" shall he substituted by the expression "One thousand kyats".

Sd./ Saw Maung
Senior General
Chairman
The State Law and Order Restoration Council