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Document containing proposals For the REVISION of the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF BURMA submitted by THE SHAN STATE, translated by Sao Singha. This document was ratified by the Convention, attended by delegates from the entire Shan State, which was held in Taunggyi on Saturday, 25th of February, 1961.
Trans. Sao Singha
Source/publisher:
Shan State Steering Committee
Date of publication:
1961-02-25
Date of entry/update:
2017-05-06
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Individual Documents
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Shan Historical Documents, Shan history, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Federalism, ethnic conflict and the politics of national reconciliation - general studies and sources
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English
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Source/publisher:
Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication:
1974-01-03
Date of entry/update:
2016-12-29
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Individual Documents
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National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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pdf
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499.28 KB
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Source/publisher:
Constituent Assembly of Burma
Date of publication:
1947-09-24
Date of entry/update:
2016-12-29
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Individual Documents
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National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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pdf
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514.54 KB
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Provisional English title.
Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw via Pyithu Hluttaw Website
Date of publication:
2015-07-22
Date of entry/update:
2015-08-29
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Individual Documents
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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2015, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2015
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Provisional English title.
၂၀၀၈ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေကိုပြင်ဆင်သည့်ဥပဒေကြမ်းအတည်ပြုရေး ပြည်လုံးကျွတ်ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲဥပဒေကို ပြင်ဆင်သည့်ဥပဒေ
Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw via Pyithu Hluttaw Website
Date of publication:
2015-06-25
Date of entry/update:
2015-07-07
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Individual Documents
Category:
Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2015, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2015, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts)
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Provisional English title... A Pyithu Hluttaw website link is used as an alternate link to this law but it does not always work.
နိုင်ငံတော်ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာခုံရုံးဥပဒေကို ဒုတိယအကြိမ်ပြင်ဆင်သည့်ဥပဒေ
Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw via Pyithu Hluttaw Website
Date of publication:
2014-11-05
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-24
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Individual Documents
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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2014, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the judiciary (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2014
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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pdf
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Provisional English title... A Pyithu Hluttaw website link is used as an alternate link to this law but it does not always work.
၂၀၀၈
ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေကိုပြင်ဆင်သည့်ဥပဒေကြမ်းအတည်ပြုရေး ပြည်လုံးကျွတ်ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲဥပဒေ
Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw via Pyithu Hluttaw Website
Date of publication:
2015-02-10
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-24
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Individual Documents
Category:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2015, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2015
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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pdf
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Printed by Printing and Publishing Corporation
Rangoon...Word version
Source/publisher:
Printed by Printing and Publishing Corporation Rangoon
Date of publication:
1974-01-03
Date of entry/update:
2014-03-13
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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doc
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103 KB
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Description:
tribunal
Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of publication:
2013-01-21
Date of entry/update:
2013-12-01
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Individual Documents
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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2013, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2013
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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န.အ.ဖ ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေမူကြမ်းအတည်ပြုရေး ပြည်လုံးကျွတ်ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲဥပဒေ
Source/publisher:
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Date of publication:
2008-02-26
Date of entry/update:
2013-09-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Peace and Development Council), 2008, Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts), National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), 7-Step Roadmap (Step 4): Adoption of the constitution through national referendum (texts)
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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1. Letter from the Government of India to the Secretary of state for India, No. 1 (Reforms), dated 25th March, 1920:
Enclosures in No. 1.:
1. Resolution by tbe Government of Burma, No. 1 L—7, dated 17th December, 1918,
publishing for discussion and criticism a provisional scheme of reform ...
Annexures to Enclosure No. 1.
1. Budget Committee under the proposed scheme;
2. (1) Board for Home Affairs;
(2) Board of Revenue and Finance;
(3) Board of Development ;
(4) Board of Local Self-Government...
3. Summary of Recommendations.....
2. Government of Burma?s first scheme.:
Letter from the Government of Burma to the Government of India, No. 21—1—L—1. dated 2 June, 1919....
Annexures to Enclosure No. 2.
1. Speech by Sir Reginald Craddock, Lieutenant-Governor of Burma, 19th April,
1919, (Extract);
2. Proposed grouping of towns for purpose of representation on the Burma Legislative
Council;
3. Budget Committee under the proposed scheme;
4. (1) Board for Home Affairs...
(2) Board of Revenue and Finance;
(3) Board of Development;
(4) Board of Local Self-Govermnent …..
3. Criticism by the Government of India of the first scheme of the Government of Burma.
Letter from the Government of India to the Government of Burma, No. 2425, dated 18th
November, 1919;
4. Second scheme of the Government of Burma;
Letter from the Government of Burma to the Government of India, No. 59 T—1—L—8, dated
22nd January, 1920 .
Source/publisher:
Government of India via His Majesty?s Stationary Office
Date of publication:
1920-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-09-04
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Individual Documents
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British Colonial Period: texts (official and quasi-official documents), National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts)
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English
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Commentary and text. This text, based on the draft adopted by the Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB) in 1993, was adopted by the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) as its First Draft, at the Fourth Conference of the NCUB, May 16-23, 1996..." We the peoples of the Federal Republic of the Union of Burma, with complete faith in the universal principles of freedom, equality and justice, do hereby adopt this Constitution for the Federal Republic of the Union of Burma in order to establish a multi-national country that is peaceful, prosperous, and enduring.
In the land of this Federal Union, many different nationalities have lived, each with their own sovereignty and independence, ever since ancient times. Although each nationality lived independently for most of its history, they all fell under the long occupation and servitude of the British colonialists. In order to regain its own freedom more quickly, each nationality joined with the others so as to obtain independence from the colonial power together, and they thus formed a Federal Union at the Panglong Conference in the year 1947.
The Conference unanimously adopted the Panglong Agreement which guaranteed ethnic equality, self-determination, and democratic rights. Although the Agreement promised that the new states of the union could govern themselves, those in power failed to implement the Agreement. Civil war ensued for more than half a century, during which countless lives were sacrificed and natural resources wasted. Since 1962, the peoples of Burma have suffered under a series of dictatorial regimes with different names but a common history of denying democratic rights, human rights, and the rights of self-determination for ethnic nationalities who joined the Union as equal partners in 1947. We shall never forget the heart-breaking experiences that the people of the Federal Union have had to endure.
In order to prevent a recurrence of the mistakes of the past and to realize the future aspirations of all our peoples, we based this Constitution on the fundamental principles of political equality for all ethnic nationalities, the rights of self-determination for all member states of the Federal Union,and the democratic rights for all citizens. This Constitution further provides guarantees for human rights and gender equality; minority rights for all religious and ethnic groups; and the separation of politics and religion. In order to prevent the recurrence of military dictatorship, this Constitution enshrines civilian control of the armed forces.
We establish this Constitution so as to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and future generations. Banishing all the past outrages, shattering the dark, shining the light, and establishing the dignity of the Federal Union among the family of nations, this Constitution shall become the highest law of the Federal Republic of the Union of Burma.
We the peoples of the Republic of the Federal Union of Burma, with complete faith in the universal principles of freedom, equality and justice, do hereby adopt this Constitution for the Federal Republic of the Union of Burma in order to establish a multi-national country that is peaceful, prosperous, and enduring.
In the land of this Federal Union, many different nationalities have lived, each with their own sovereignty and independence, ever since ancient times. Although each nationality lived independently for most of its history, they all fell under the long occupation and servitude of the British colonialists. In order to gain its own freedom more quickly, each nationality joined with the others so as to obtain independence from the colonial power together, and thus they formed a federal union at the Panglong Conference in the year 1947.
The Conference unanimously adopted the Panglong Agreement which guaranteed ethnic equality, self-determination, and democratic rights. Although the Agreement promised that the states of the union could govern themselves, those in power failed to implement the Agreement. Civil war ensued for more than half a century, during which countless lives were sacrificed and natural resources wasted. Since 1962, the peoples of Burma have suffered under a series of dictatorial regimes with different names but a common history of denying democratic rights, human rights, and the rights of self-determination for ethnic nationalities who joined the Union as equal partners in 1947. We shall never forget the heart-breaking experiences that the people of the Federal Union have had to endure.
In order to prevent a recurrence of the mistakes of the past and to realize the future aspirations of all our peoples, we based this Constitution on the fundamental principles of political equality for all ethnic nationalities, the rights of self-determination for all member states of the Federal Union; and the democratic rights for all citizens. This Constitution further provides guarantees for human rights and gender equality; minority rights for all religious and ethnic groups; and the separation of politics and religion. In order to prevent the recurrence of military dictatorship, this Constitution enshrines civilian control of the armed forces.
We establish this Constitution so as to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and future generations. Banishing all the past outrages, shattering the dark, shining the light, and establishing the dignity of the Federal Union among the family of nations, this Constitution shall become the highest law of the Republic of the Federal Union of Burma..."
Source/publisher:
Ethnic Nationalities Council
Date of publication:
2006-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-08
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Individual Documents
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English, Burmese
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The official bilingual version...The date given here is the date of printing. The date of adoption of the Constitution is 29 May 2008
Source/publisher:
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Date of publication:
2008-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-11-11
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Key documents of Burmese law, Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Peace and Development Council), 2008, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)
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English, Burmese (ျမန္မာဘာသာ)
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Part One: Burmese Section:ပြည်နယ်များ၏ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေရေးဆွဲရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်နှင့်ပတ်သတ်သောအစီရင်ခံစာ (ဆလိုင်းလျန်မှုန်းဆာခေါင်း)
Part Two: English Section
1.Introduction:(i)Foreword (Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe)(ii)Report on State Constitutions Drafting Process(Lian H. Sakhong)
2.Federalism, State Constitutions and Self-Determination:(i)Federalism, State Constitutions and Ethnic Self-Determination (Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe)(ii)Burma:State Constitutions and the Challenges Facing the Ethnic Nationalities (Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe)
3.The Role of State Constitutions in the Protection of Nationality and Monitority Rights:Lessons From Other Countries (i)Australian Federalism, State Constitutions and the Protection of minority Rights (Cheryl Saunders)(ii)Federalism, Diversity and Minority Rights: What can we learn from India (Yogendra Yadav) (iii)Nigeria?sExperience in Managing the Challenges of Ethnic and Religious Diversity through Constitutional Provisions (Otive Igbuzor)
4.American Model Of State Constitutions:(i)Model State Constitution
5.German Model Of Local Governments: (i)Federalism and Local Self-Governmennt in Germany (Harald Hofmann)
Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe, Lian H.Sakhong
Source/publisher:
ENC "PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE: Towards Federal Union of Burma [Series No.5]"
Date of publication:
2003-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-09-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Peaceful Co-existence - Towards Federal Union of Burma, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts)
Language:
အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ/မြန်မာဘာသာ
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"An Act to make further provision for the government of Burma. [2nd August 1935.]
Be it enacted by the King?s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
PART I.
INTRODUCTORY
1.
This Act may be cited as the Government of Burma Act, 1935.
2.
(1) All rights, authority and jurisdiction heretofore belonging to His Majesty the King, Emperor of India, which appertain or are incidental to the government of the territories in Burma for the time being vested in him and all rights, authority and jurisdiction exercisable by him by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance or otherwise in, or in relation to, any other territories in Burma, are exercisable by His Majesty, except in so far as may be otherwise provided by or under this Act, or as may be otherwise directed by His Majesty.
(2) The said rights, authority and jurisdiction shall include any rights, authority or jurisdiction heretofore exercisable in relation to any territories in Burma by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State in Council, the Governor-General of India, the Governor-General of Indian in Council, the Governor of Burma or the Local Government of Burma, whether by delegation from His Majesty or otherwise..."
Source/publisher:
HMSO
Date of publication:
1935-08-02
Date of entry/update:
2010-03-16
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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The official English version. The date given here is the date of printing. The date of adoption of the Constitution is 29 May 2008
Source/publisher:
State Peace and Development Council
Date of publication:
2008-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-10-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Peace and Development Council), 2008
Language:
English
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pdf
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748.41 KB
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Source/publisher:
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)- Burma Fund
Date of publication:
2008-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-14
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Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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pdf
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552.38 KB
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The official Burmese version...The Alternate URL contains a correction to Article 436a.
Source/publisher:
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Date of publication:
2008-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Peace and Development Council), 2008, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) via "The New Light of Myanmar" 28 February 2008
Date of publication:
2008-02-26
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts), The 7-Step Roadmap, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), 7-Step Roadmap (Step 4): Adoption of the constitution through national referendum (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Peace and Development Council), 2008
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English
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"...it is most appropriate to
transform the administration of Tatmadaw into democratic administration of the
people. Thus, in accordance with the forthcoming State Constitution, the multi-party
democracy general elections will be held in 2010...Approval of the Constitution draft will be sought in a National Referendum to be held in May 2008...
In accordance with the forthcoming State Constitution,
the multi-party democracy general elections will be held in 2010...NAY PYI TAW, 10 Feb—The State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar issued Announcement Nos 1/2008 and 2/2008 yesterday.
The following is the full text of the announcements—..."
Source/publisher:
"The New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2008-02-11
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-13
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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The 15 chapters of principles adopted by the National Convention which the SPDC has said will form the basis of a new constitution.
Source/publisher:
"The New Light of Myanmar" via Khin Kyaw Han
Date of publication:
2007-09-10
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-03
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Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese
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1.03 MB
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The original chapters on Fundamental Principles and Detailed
Basic Principles adopted by the National Convention
These chapters, 1. State fundamental principles; 2. State Structure; 3. Head of State; 4. Legislature; 5.
Executive; 6. Judiciary were adopted by the National Convention between 1993 and 1996. In 2007, in the
process of completing the National Convention, some changes were made to the original versions and
incorporated into the document issued as ?Fundamental Principles and Detailed Basic Principles”
(Adopted by the National Convention), online at http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/DBP-KKH-2.pdf
For the record, and in case anyone wants to compare the versions, they are presented here, along with
the section on Self-Administered Divisions and Self-Administered Zones which was not allocated to a
specific chapter.
Sources: ?The New Light of Myanmar” -- see http://www.burmalibrary.org/show.php?cat=1314&lo=d&sl=0
Source/publisher:
"The New Lilght of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
1996-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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322.71 KB
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The 15 chapters of principles adopted by the National Convention which the SPDC has said will form the basis of a new constitution.
Source/publisher:
"The New Light of Myanmar" via Khin Kyaw Han
Date of publication:
2007-09-10
Date of entry/update:
2007-09-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
The National Convention (texts of Principles), The National Convention (preparations, procedures, proceedings, legislation, statements etc.), National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts)
Language:
English
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pdf
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545.72 KB
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Source/publisher:
Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication:
1974-01-03
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)
Language:
English
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pdf
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150.08 KB
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Description:
html version plus a facsimile version
Source/publisher:
Constituent Assembly of Burma
Date of publication:
1947-09-24
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Shan Historical Documents, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)
Language:
English
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pdf
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2.72 MB
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