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MMR-1861-L-61342
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Title_of_text
Penal Code, 1861.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Myanmar
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1861-05-01
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Penal Code. Divided into 23 parts. These deal with: punishments; general exceptions; abetment; criminal conspiracy; offences against the state; offences relating to certain provisions contained in the constitution; libel against foreign powers; offences relating to the army, navy and air force; offences against public tranquility; offences by or relating to public servants; offences relating to elections; contempt of lawful authority of public servants; false evidence and offences against public justice; offences relating to coin and and government stamps; offences relating to weights and measures; offences affecting public health, safety, convenience, decency and morals; offences relating to religion, offences affecting the human body, offences against property; offences relating to documents and to trade or property marks; criminal breach of contracts of service; offences relating to marriage, defamation, criminal intimidation, insult and annoyance; and attempts to commit offences.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2016-01-06 (MMR-2016-L-103621)
Law Amending the Penal Code (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 6/2016).
Amending text(s)
2019-03-26 (MMR-2019-L-108181)
Penal Code Amendment Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 10 of 2019).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Unofficial English Translation
Author
Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC) Laws Archive
Publisher
Via web.archive.org
URL
http://web.archive.org/web/20110725085550/http://www.blc-burma.org/legal_resource.html#lobhtml
File
MMR61342 English.pdf (PDF of Code in English)
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
181 p.