THE HINDU DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT (1916)
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:
THE TOWNS (AMENDMENT) ACT (1947)
Burma Act No LXVI
8 November 1947
THE RANGOON DEVELOPMENT TRUST ACT (1921)
Burma Act V, 1920
1st February, 1921.....1. "...This Act shall extend to the City of Rangoon and to such areas in the neighbourhood thereof
as the President of the Union may, by notification, specify in this behalf:...
THE REGISTRATION ACT (1909)
INDIA ACT XVI
1st JANUARY 1909
Governing the Commons
The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatisation of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems. Offering a critique of the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor Ostrom here provides a unique body of empirical data to explore conditions under which common pool resource problems have been satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily solved.
THE VILLAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT (1961)
ACT No. XXXIV OF 1961 The 2nd October 1961
“We are not afraid” Land rights defenders: attacked for confronting unbridled development
The scale of attacks against land rights defenders is particularly preoccupying and should attract our utmost reaction and urgent mobilisation.
The toll they pay, together with their families and communities, is dramatic,
be it killings, forced disappearances, harassment or criminalisation. Caught
in the crossfire between poor land users fighting for the respect of their basic
human rights and powerful economic actors fighting for juicy profits, they
account as one of the most vulnerable categories of human rights defenders.
THE EMBANKMENT ACT (1909)
BURMA ACT IV, 1909 15th October, 1910
Bridging the HLP Gap - The Need to Effectively Address Housing, Land and Property Rights During Peace Negotiations and in the Context of Refugee/IDP Return
Bridging the HLP Gap -
The Need to Effectively Address Housing, Land and Property Rights
During Peace Negotiations and in the Context of Refugee/IDP Return:
Preliminary Recommendations to the Government of Myanmar,
Ethnic Actors and the International Community.....Executive Summary:
"Of the many challenging issues that will require resolution within the peace processes currently underway
between the government of Myanmar and various ethnic groups in the country, few will be as complex, sensitive
THE CITY OF RANGOON MUNICIPAL ACT (1922)
[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....
THE VILLAGE ACT (1907)
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