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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/MMR/9

Notification No.

Notification Type

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Date of Notification

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Title

The Law Amending the National Food Law (2024)

Objective

National security requirements (TBT)

Product Covered

(ICS code(s): 67)

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67 - Food technology

Keywords

Food standards

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Description

This Notification is to inform WTO Members that Myanmar State Administration Council Amended the following section.Section 28 of the National Food Law shall be substituted as follows : “28. Whoever violates any provision of section 22 shall, on conviction : if it is an offence relating to food in subsection (a), subsection (b), subsection (c), subsection (d), subsection (e), subsection (f) or subsection (g), be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and may also be liable to fine which may extend from a minimum of three hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of 3 million kyats;if it is an offence relating to food in subsection (h) or subsection (i), be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand kyats or with both;the court shall pass an order to destroy or dispose of the exhibits involved in the offence, in accordance with the stipulations.Section 29 of the National Food Law shall be substituted as follows:“29. Whoever violates the provision of section 23 shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and may also be liable to fine which may extend from a minimum of one million kyats to a maximum of five million kyats. In addition, the court shall pass an order to destroy or dispose of the exhibits involved in the offence, in accordance with the stipulations.”30. The expression “with fine which may extend from a minimum of one hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three hundred thousand kyats” and “In addition, the exhibits involved in the offence shall also be liable to be confiscated.” in section 30 of the National Food Law shall be substituted by the expressions “with fine which may extend from a minimum of three hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three million kyats” and “In addition, the court shall pass an order to destroy or dispose of the exhibits involved in the offence, in accordance with the stipulations.”31. The expression “shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend from a minimum of one hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three hundred thousand kyats or with both” in section 31 of the National Food Law shall be substituted by the expression “shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and may also be liable to fine which may extend from a minimum of three hundred thousand kyats to a maximum of three million kyats.

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