Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (texts)

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Title: THE LAW RELATING TO FOREIGNERS AND CITIZENSHIP IN BURMA
Description: Text and commentary: 1. The Foreigners Act, 1864... 2. The Registration of Foreigners Act, 1940... 3. The Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1948... 4. Exemptions under the said Act... 5. The Burma Passport Act, 1920... 6. The Burma Passport Rules, 1948... 7. The Burma Extradition Act, 1903... 8. The Burma Immigration ( Emergency Provisions) Act, 1947... 9. The Burma Immigration (Detention) Rules, 1951... 10. The Transfer of Immoveable Property (Restriction) Act, 1947... 11. The Transfer of Immoveable Property ( Restriction) Rules, 1956... 12. The Union Citizenship Act, 1948... 13. The Union Citizenship Regulations, 1949... 14. The Union Citizenship (Election) Act, 1948... 15. The Union Citizenship Election Rules, 1948.... 16. Appendix I - Forms... 17. Appendix II-Burma Independence Act, 1947...
Creator/author: S. L. VERMA, B. A., B. L.,
Source/publisher: RISHI RAJ VERMA
Date of publication: 1961-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-07-18
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format : pdf
Size: 6.43 MB
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Title: Amid Conscription Law Exodus, Thailand Warns Myanmar Migrants Against Illegal Entry
Description: "As many Myanmar people flee their country to evade its regime’s mandatory military service law, neighboring Thailand has warned that Myanmar nationals entering illegally would face legal action. The Myanmar junta recently activated the People’s Military Service Law as the army struggles to contain an anti-junta insurgency. The move was met with a public outcry as military officials announced that 14 million of the country’s young people are eligible for conscription. That amounts to 26 percent of the country’s population of 54 million. Since the announcement of the enforcement of the law, the number of Myanmar citizens applying for visas to enter Thailand has increased sharply. “They are welcome if they enter the country legally. But if they sneak into the country illegally, legal action will be taken against them. I already discussed the matter with security agencies,” Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said. The prime minister also tried to allay concerns that Myanmar immigrants would take jobs away from local people, stressing that one of the reasons Myanmar citizens are currently fleeing to Thailand is to avoid mandatory military service, the Bangkok Post reported. He also said Thailand’s unemployment rate is currently lower than 1 percent and that it still needs many more laborers from neighboring countries, though they must follow proper procedures to work in the country. Thailand shares a more than 2,400-km-long border with Myanmar and has a long history of sheltering people displaced by fighting between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups on the border. There are also 2.1 million migrant workers from Myanmar registered to work in Thailand as of January 2024. Since the Myanmar junta’s military coup in 2021, Bangkok has seen new arrivals: political activists evading arrest by the the regime, as well as well-to-do families who left Myanmar for greener pastures. There have been reports of people who entered Thailand illegally via the border being arrested. Since the announcement of the conscription law, the Thai Embassy in Yangon has been coping with an influx of visa applicants. It recently announced that it would only accept 400 applications per day, effective from last Thursday. Meanwhile, the number of people entering Thailand via its border with Myanmar’s southern Shan State is on the rise. Local people said this was due to the junta’s national conscription law as well as mandatory military service requirements imposed by some local ethnic armed groups active in the state..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2024-02-20
Date of entry/update: 2024-02-20
Grouping: Individual Documents
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Title: The Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma - "The 1974 Constitution" - Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Source/publisher: Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication: 1974-01-03
Date of entry/update: 2016-12-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format : pdf
Size: 499.28 KB
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Title: The Constitution of the Union of Burma, 1947 ("The 1947 Constitution") Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Source/publisher: Constituent Assembly of Burma
Date of publication: 1947-09-24
Date of entry/update: 2016-12-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format : pdf
Size: 514.54 KB
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Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Immigration (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1947 - SLORC Law No. 2/90 (English)
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) via The Burma Lawyers? Council
Date of publication: 1990-01-22
Date of entry/update: 2013-06-13
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 55.32 KB
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Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Citizenship Law - SLORC Law No 4/97 (English)
Description: The State Law and Order Restoration Council... The Law Amending the Myanmar Citizenship Law... (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No 4/97)... The 8th Waning of Tabodwe, 1358 ME (2nd March,1997)
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Date of publication: 1997-03-02
Date of entry/update: 2013-06-12
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 53.59 KB
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Title: Exemption Order N o . 4 Under the Registration of Foreigners Act
Description: AS AMENDED UP TO 1ST OCTOBER 1960... 1. The provisions of the Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1940 (hereinafter in this Order referred to as the rules), shall not apply to, or in relation to, any person who proves to the satisfaction of the Registration Officer that he has not attained the age of eighteen years, provided that the necessary particulars in regard to such person are entered against item 12 of Form A in respect of his parents and that he holds a Certificate of Identity in Form AA. 2. The provisions of the rules shall not apply to —
Source/publisher: Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication: 1960-10-01
Date of entry/update: 2013-05-04
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 99.73 KB
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Title: Burma Citizenship Law of 1982 (Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Description: Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 4 of 1982
Source/publisher: Pyithu Hluttaw
Date of publication: 1982-10-15
Date of entry/update: 2012-08-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format : pdf pdf
Size: 743.49 KB 865.46 KB
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Title: THE RESIDENTS OF BURMA REGISTRATION ACT, 1949
Description: (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION)
Source/publisher: Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication: 1949-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-01-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 57.67 KB
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Title: RESIDENTS OF BURMA REGISTRATION RULES, 1951
Description: (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION)
Source/publisher: Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication: 1951-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-01-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 19.93 KB
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Title: The Burma Extradition Act
Description: [This is the official text of the Act, originally as India Act XV, 1903, dated 1 June 1904 with subsequent amendments.]
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma via UNCHR
Date of publication: 1904-06-01
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-08
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008) - ၂၀၀၈ခုနှစ် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ
Description: 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
Language: English, Burmese (ျမန္မာဘာသာ)
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Size: 698.01 KB
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Title: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, 2008 - ၂၀၀၈ခုနှစ် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေမူကြမ်း
Description: 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
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format : pdf pdf
Size: 457.85 KB 26.58 KB
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Title: Burma Citizenship Law of 1982 (English)
Description: (Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 4 of 1982)
Source/publisher: Pyithu Hluttaw via "The Working People?s Daily"
Date of publication: 1982-10-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 30.21 KB
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Title: The Burma Immigration (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1947
Description: [This is the official text of the Act, Burma Act XXXI of 1947]... Though not originally intended to curb freedom of opinion and expression this law, along with the Electronics Act, the Import/Export Act and the Unlawful Associations Act, has been used against video journalists
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma ("The Burma Code" Vol. I)
Date of publication: 1947-06-13
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 68.55 KB
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Title: The Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma - "The 1974 Constitution" (English)
Source/publisher: Government of the Union of Burma
Date of publication: 1974-01-03
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 150.08 KB
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Title: The Constitution of the Union of Burma, 1947 ("The 1947 Constitution")
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
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 2.72 MB
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Title: The Foreigners Act
Description: India Act III, 1864 (12th February, 1864) "WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions to enable the President of the Union to prevent the subjects of Foreign States from residing or sojourning in the Union of Burma, or from passing through or travelling therein, without the consent of the President of the Union, it is enacted as follows:..."
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma
Date of publication: 1864-02-12
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 33.47 KB
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Title: The Registration of Foreigners Act
Description: Official text of the Act, Burma Act VII, 1940. Entry into force, 28th March 1940.
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma
Date of publication: 1940-03-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 55.66 KB
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Title: The Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1948
Description: Entry into force, 4th January 1949.
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma
Date of publication: 1948-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 65.75 KB
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Title: The Union Citizenship Act, 1948
Description: (Act No. LXVI of 1948.) As amended up to 1st December 1960. "This Act may be called the Union Citizenship Act, 1948. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Union of Burma and shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th day of January, 1948, 9th Waning, Pyatho, 1390 B. E..."
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma
Date of publication: 1948-01-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 37.37 KB
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Title: The Union Citizenship (Election) Act, 1948
Description: (Act No XXVI of 1948 ) [This Act was amended by Acts XXVII of 1954 and XXXII of 1957 � the original Act, without amendments, is reproduced below]
Source/publisher: Govt. of Burma
Date of publication: 1948-01-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : htm
Size: 44.81 KB
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