This assessment is in response to the 6th draft of the NLUP, released in May
2015, following months of public and expert consultations. It outlines some
of the key positive and negative points of the new draft. The new draft NLUP
has taken on board many of the concerns and recommendations raised by
the public during the consultation process, and includes several key issues
that would greatly improve Myanmar’s land governance arrangements.
However, some serious concerns remain. As in our past responses to the

[Burma Act VI, 1922]
[1 August, 1922]....."...1. This Act extends to the City of Rangoon [See clause (vii) of section 3 and Schedule VI] only:
Provided that the President of the Union may, by notification, extend this Act or any part to any
other local area in the Union of Burma....

BURMA ACT VI 1907 1st JANUARY 1908.....PRELIMINARY...DUTIES AND POWERS OF VILLAGE COMMITTEES, HEADMEN AND RURAL
POLICEMAN...GENERAL DUTIES OF VILLAGERS...PROVISIONS RESPECTING RESIDENCE IN VILLAGE=TRACTS AND ERECTION OF
HOUSES...PAWN SHOPS...PWES...SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS

Act No XLI 1955

Act No XXV 1955

India Act XV 1916 28th September 1916....Whereas it is expedient to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of
disposition of property by Hindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such
disposition ;
It is hereby enacted as follows:

Opening Speech by Director General of the Forest Department – Secretary of the Land Use
Allotment Scrutinizing Committee...
Presentation on draft national land use policy, U Aye Maung Sein, Director (retired) SLRD (Refer to
Powerpoint)...Presentation on public consultation action plan and CSO pre-consultation, U Shwe Thein, LCG
(Refer to Powerpoint)...Presentation on the framework of that national land law, U Aung Naing, Director Union Attorney

INDIA Act XV, 1856....."Whereas it is known that by the law as administered in the civil Courts, Hindu widows with
certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of
contracting a second valid marriage, and the offspring of such widows by any second marriage
are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property;...

A provision allowing a change to the land use policy every five years has been put in the draft of the National Land Bill, according to U Shwe Thein, a consultant with the Land Use MANAGEMENTCommittee.

U Shwe Thein said, “Unlike a ‘crony-law’, a policy cannot be used for many years [without amendment]. In the bill, we systematically put in a provision to change the policy every five years, and for the change to the policy to be based on research findings.”

INDIA ACT 1877

Final report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. David Weissbrodt,
submitted in accordance with Sub-Commission decision 2000/103,
Commission resolution 2000/104 and Economic and Social Council
decision 2000/283
Addendum
Summary of Comments Received from U.N. Member States to
Special Rapporteur's Questionnaire..."This Addendum IV summarizes1 the comments received from 22 Member States in
response to the questionnaire prepared by the Special Rapporteur and disseminated pursuant to

A decision by Myanmar’s new government to ramp up efforts to tackle land grabbing is a positive step, but must address the role of the military in perpetuating the country’s land crisis, which is at the heart of one of the longest ongoing civil wars in modern history...