Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations 1922

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Description: ''Whoever, in consequence of any person having done any act which he was legally entitled to do or of his having omitted to do any act which he was legally entitled to omit to do, or wi.h intent to cuise any person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do or to omit to do any act which he is legally entitled to do, or with intent to cause harm to such person in body, mind, reputation or property, or in his business or means of living, boycotts such person or any person in whom such person is interested, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with line or with both : Provided that no offence shall be deemed to have been committed under this section if the Court is satisfied that the accused person has not acted at the instigation of or in collusion with any other person or in pursuance of any conspiracy or of any agreement or combination to boycott...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 1
1922-06-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: ''The powers conferred and the duties imposed on the Corporation by Education this Act in regard to all matters relating to education shall, subject to such Boardconditions and limitations as may be prescribed and to the general control of the Corporation, be exercised or performed, as the case may be, by an Education Board constituted in the manner prescribed, and in all such matters the Corporation shall seek and consider the advice of the Education Board...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 6
1922-08-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
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Size: 16.32 MB 15.87 MB 682.02 KB
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Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 1
1922-10-25
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: ''This Act shall apply only to the estates of such persons or class of persons who die while serving in the Burma Military or Civil Police Forces as the President ol the Union may, by notification, specify...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 1
1922-10-07
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: ''Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Council to approve any institution or person for the purpose of the rules under this Act relating to training may appeal against the refusal to the President of the Union, and the President of the Union shall give such directions as he thinks proper, and the Council shall comply with any directions so given.Except with the special sanction of the President of the Union, no midwife or nurse shall be competent to hold any appointment in any dispensary, hospital, asylum, infumary or lying-in hospital, which is supported partially or entirely by public funds or contributions, or by the funds or contributions of any public company, unless such midwife or nurse is registered under this Act- (2) Within the limits of any area to which the President of the Union may, by notification, extend this sub-section and on the expiry of a period of one year and six months from the date of such notification, no person who is not a registered midwife shall practise as a midwife or practise midwifery : Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to—...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 4
1922-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: ''This Act shall extend to such parts of the- Union of Burma as the President of the Union may, by\potification, direct.’ 2. In this Act, the exprè6sion “ member of a police-force" means any person appointed or enrolled for the performance of police duties under any emclment in force in the Union of Burma *’***• 3 Whoever intentionally causes or attempts to cause, or does any act which he knows is likely to cause, disaffection towards * * * *« the Government established by law in the Union of Burma * * * ** amongst the members of a police-force*or induces or attempts to induce, or does any act which he knows is likely to induce, any member of a police-force to .withhold his services or to commit a brèaeh of discipline, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both. Explanation.__Expressions of disapprobation of the meisures of the Government with a view to obtain their alteration by lawful'means, or of disapprobation of the...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 1
1922-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the introduction of self-government in rural areas in the Union of Burma for the purpose of associating the inhabitants of such areas more closely with the administration of matters affecting their daily lives : And whereas it is expedient that District Councils. C'r;lc Boards and School Boards should be constituted and invested with powers for carrying out the objects of this Act : It is hereby enacted as follows:-..."
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 6
1922-03-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-09
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Description: ''In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or Definition*, context,— “ dependant ” means any woman or child who is related to an emigrant and any aged or incapacitated relative of an emigrant ; “ emigrant ” means any person who emigrates or has emigrated or who has been registered as an emigrant under this Act, and includes any dependant of an emigrant, but does not include— any person emigrating to a country in which he has resided for not less than five years or the wife or child ofsuch person...''
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 5
1922-03-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-09
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Size: 1.28 MB 1.13 MB
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Description: "Ending on any date other than the said 1 *[30th day of September], then at the option of the assessee the year ending on the day which his accounts have so been made up: - [Provided that where an assessee has been assessed in respect of a particular source of income, profits and gains, he shall not in respect of that source exercise this option so as to vary the meaning of the expression “ previous year ” as then applicable to him except with the consent of the Income-tax Officer and upon such conditions as the Income-tax Officer may think fit : or] (6) in the case of any person, business or company, or class o[ person, business or company, such period as may be determined by the Financial Commissioner or by such authority as he may authorize in this behalf ; 3 [or (c) where a business or profession has been newly set up in the financial year preceding the year for which assessment is to be made, the period from the date of the setting up of the business..."
Source/publisher: Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 3
1922-04-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-09
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf pdf
Size: 8.71 MB 2.26 MB
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