Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations 1926

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Description: ''Save as otherwise expressly provided by any law for the time being in Limit of force, a contempt oi Court may be punished with simple imprisonment for a punishment term which may extend to six months, or with fine, which may extend to two for contempt thousand rupees, or with both : of Cuurt- * Provided that the accused may be discharged or the punishment awarded may be remitted on apology being made to the satisfaction of the Court : Provided further that notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in any law the High Court shall not impose a sentence in excess of that specified in this section for any contempt either in respect of itself or of a Court subordinate to it...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 1
1926-05-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: ''Whereas it is expedient to make provisions to enable the Government to expel from the Union of Burma persons who are convicted of certain offences or ordered to furnish security for good behavior * * * * and are not citizens of the Union ; It is hereby enacted as follows 1.(1) » * * . * (2) It extends to the whole of the Union of Burma.. 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the context,— ‘.(A) “ Non-Barman " means any person who is not a citizen of the Union. (B) "Offender " means any person against whom any sentence or order of the nature here under mentioned has been passed by any Court or Magistrate other than a Magistrate of the second or third class, which sentence or order has not been set aside on appeal or revision, that is to say,— (i) sentence on conviction of any offence shewn in the First Schedule ; or (ii) sentence on conviction of any offence shewn in the Second Schedule after a previous conviction...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 2
1926-01-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Description: ''1. * * * * . 2. For the purposes of this Act. unless there is anything repugnant in Definitions, the subject or context,— (a) “cotton goods” or “goods” includes all tissues and other articles (except yam and thread) woven, knitted or otherwise manufactured wholly or partly from cotton yarn ; (b) “ cotton yarn ” or “ yarn ” means yarn wholly or partly composed of cotton fibres ; (c) “ mill ” means any building or place where cotton goods are woven, knitted or otherwise manufactured, or where cotton yarn is spun by machinery moved otherwise than by manual labour, and includes every part of such building or place ; (cl) “ owner ”, in relation to any mill, includes the managing agent or other principal officer of the mill ; and (e) “ prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under this Act...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 5
1926-03-25
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-07
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: ''The Registrar may call for further information for the purpose of satisfying himself that any application complies with the provisions of section or that the Trade Union is entitled to registration under section 6. and may refuse to register the Trade Union until such information is supplied. If the name under which a Trade Union is proposed to be registered is identical with that by which any other existing Trade Union has been registered or. in the opinion of the Registrar, so nearly resemblessuch name as to be likely to deceive the public or the members of either Trade Union, the Registrar shall require the persons applying for registration to alter the name of the Trade Union stated in the application, and shall refuse to register the Union until such alteration has been made...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 5
1927-06-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Description: ''For the High Court a Bar Council shall be constituted in the manner hereinafter provided. (2) The Bar Council so constituted shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both moveable and immoveable, and contract, and shall by the name of the Bar Council of the High Court at Rangoon sue and be sued. 4. (/) The Bar Council shall consist of fifteen members, of whom— (a) one shall be the Attorney-General ; (b) four shall be persons nominated by the High Court, of whom not more than two may be Judges of that Court ; and (c) ten shall be elected by the advocates of the High Court from amongst their number...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 11
1929-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-05
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf pdf
Size: 1.23 MB 180.98 KB
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