Law banning prostitution may be amended as part of legal overhaul
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More than 130 laws, ranging from the Suppression of Prostitution Act to the 1947 Emergency Provisions Act, will either be amended or revoked, parliamentary sources said.
Parliament’s Joint Bill Committee has agreed to amend, revoke or draft 137 laws related to specific ministries, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Tribunal, sources on the committee said.
These include 15 laws related to the the Ministry of Health, 13 to the Home Affairs Ministry, 11 to the Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry, 11 to the Transportation Ministry, 12 to the Employment and Social Security Ministry, and six to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the sources said.
The committee has proposed revoking the Emergency Provisions Act of 1947, the 1960 Rural Economic Development Fund Law, and the Law for the General Aung San Fund.
It has proposed amending the Suppression of Prostitution Act, Special Investigations Department and Administrative Board Act, Land Confiscation Act, and Gambling Law, sources said.
