Republic of the Union of Myanmar
State Administration Council
Second Amendment Law to the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law
State Administration Council Law No 63/2021
12th Waning of Thadingyut 1383 ME
1 November 2021
THE State Administration Council hereby enacted this law under Section 419 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
1. This law shall be called the Second Amendment Law to the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law.
2. Section 2 (a) of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law shall be sub stituted as follow:- “(a) Television and Radio Broadcasting means the broadcasting via ground-based TV and radio transmission stations, under ground and above ground cable links and satellite or any other technology for the people to directly catch the television and radio programmes.”
3. The phrase “ the fine ranging from K30 million to K50 million” included in Section 96 of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law shall be substituted with the phrase “the imprisonment from three years’ in minimum to five years’ in maximum or the fine from K30 million in minimum to K50 million in maximum or both”.
4. The phrase “ the fine ranging from K5 million to K10 million” included in Section 97 of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law shall be substituted
with the phrase “the imprisonment from six months’ in minimum to one year’s in maximum or the fine from K5 million in minimum to K10 million in maximum or both”.
5. The phrase “ the fine ranging from K10 million to K30 million” included in Section 98 of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law shall be sub[1]stituted with the phrase “the imprisonment from one year in minimum to three years’ in maximum or the fine from K10 million in minimum to K30 million in maximum or both”.
6. The phrase “ the fine ranging from K30 million to K50 million” included in Section 99 of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law shall be substi[1]tuted with the phrase “the imprisonment from three years’ in minimum to five years’ in maximum or the fine from K30 million in minimum to K50 million in maximum or both”.
7. The following section shall be inserted as Section 99-a, under Section 99 of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law:- “99-a: If anyone shall be sentenced for failure to follow or for breaching bylaw, rules, discipline, notification, order, directive or any item of procedure released in accord with the Section 106, one year’s imprisonment in minimum to five years’ impris on ment or K10 millions of fine in minimum to K50 millions in maximum shall be sentenced to the person and the materials related to the case shall be confiscated as public finance.”
8. The following section shall be inserted as Section 105-a, under Section
105 of the Television and Radio Broadcasting Law:- “105-a: Offences in this law shall be identified as cognizable offences.”
I hereby signed this law under Section 419 of the Constitution.
Sd/Min Aung Hlaing
Senior General
Chairman
State Administration Council