State Administration Council Law No 2/2025

Submitted by moiuser3 on 17 January 2025

Animal Health and Livestock Development Amendment Law

2nd Waning of Pyatho 1386 ME

15 January 2025

THE State Administration Council has enacted this law under Section 419 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

1. This laws hall be called the Animal Health and Livestock Development Amendment Law

2. Subsections (b), (o) and (s) of Section 2 of the Animal Health and Livestock Development Law shall be substituted as follows: -

(b) Livestock breeding refers to breeding animals, producing animal products, and producing animals or opening animal protection through any system except for operating fisheries and marine products. Such a word comprises a manageable and commercial livestock breeding business.

(o) Slaughtering refers to killing animals for commercial production or storage of animal products from the slaughtering process.

(s) Endorsement certificate refers to a certificate issued by the department after inspecting things whether animals, animal products, genetically developed bioproducts, feedstuffs, materials for animals or animal medicines to be exported or imported or domestically produced or processed are qualified or not, and whether these animals are healthy or free from infectious disease or not.

3. The word mentioned in Subsection (t) of Section 2 “establishment of slaughterhouse or butchery” shall be cancelled.

4. Subsection (e) of Section 9 of the law shall be substituted as follows: - (e) opening the inspection station and animal protection and monitoring camp in necessary areas, establishing disease zone and disease control zone and adopting the plans for biosecurity

5. Subsection (i) of Section 10 shall be substituted as follows: -

(i) issuing the licence for slaughterhouse or butchery, conducting renewal of the licence and supervising slaughterhouse or butchery

6. At Section 11 of the law–

(a) Subsection (q) shall be added behind Subsection (p) as follows: - (q) service, licence fee and other fees to issue endorsement certificate, permission certificate, licence certificate or renewal of licence shall be set with the agreement of the ministry.

(b) Original Subsection (q) shall be renamed Subsection (r).

7. Clause (1) of Subsection (a) of Section 13 of the law shall be substituted as follows: -

(1) animal health, service, livestock, livestock farming, pedigree animal farming, incubating, industrial building and equipment

8. The words “compensation for loss or damage, indemnity or to have aid” of Section 22 of the law shall be substituted with “insurance fee, compensation or to have aid”.

9. Chapter IX of the law shall be added to Chapter I-A.

Chapter 9 (A)

Business to gather or protect animals

22-a. The person or organization wishing to operate animal gathering or protection camps shall apply for a permit to operate the businesses to the Head of the Township Department under the prescribed criteria.

22-b. Concerning the application mentioned in Section 22-a, the Township Head of Department shall conduct the process under Subsection (a) of Section 17, the District Head of Department under Subsection (b) of Section 17, the Head of Region or State Department under Subsection (c) of Section 17 and the Director-General under Subsection (d) of Section 17.

22-c. The person who obtains the permit certificate under Section 22-b –

(a) shall follow the disciplines mentioned in the certificate.

(b) shall accept inspection of the department.

10. The words “establishment of slaughterhouse or butchery business” mentioned in the Section 23 of this law shall be cancelled.

11. Section 29 of the law shall be substituted as follows: - 29. The department shall open the inspection camps or animal protection and monitoring camps, examine and supervise private animal protection and monitoring camps with the agreements of the ministry to inspect the export or import of animals, animal products, genetically developed bioproducts, feedstuffs, materials for animals or animal medicines.

12. Chapter XI of the law shall be added with Chapter 11-a as follows: -

Chapter XI-a

Registration

31-a. The person or organization wishing to operate domestic production, processing or sale for livestock farming, pedigree animal farming, incubating, beekeeping, or animals, animal products, genetically modified bioproducts, feedstuffs, animal medicines, slaughtering houses or butchery businesses shall apply for registration of relevant types or works to the head of township department under the prescribed criteria.

31-b. (a) The head of the township department

(1) shall allow or refuse registration after verifying whether it is aligned with relevant criteria or not when receiving the application under Section 31-a.

(2) If the application is aligned with the criteria, the head of the township department shall order the applicants to pay designated fees for the types of materials or works they can allow and issue the licence. If he refuses the registration, he shall inform the applicant to reapply for the licence under the prescribed criteria.

(3) He shall submit the types of materials or works he does not have the authority to allow to the head of the district department.

(b) The head of the district department –

(1) shall allow or refuse registration after verifying whether it is aligned with relevant criteria or not when receiving the application under Clause (3) of Subsection (a).

(2) if the application is aligned with the criteria, the head of the township department shall order the applicants to pay designated fees for the types of materials or works he can allow and issue the licence. If he refuses the registration, he shall inform the applicant to reapply for the licence under the prescribed criteria.

(3) He shall submit the types of materials or works he does not have the authority to allow to the head of the region, state department or Union Territory.

(1) shall allow or refuse registration after verifying whether it is aligned with relevant criteria or not when receiving the application under Clause (3) of Subsection (b).

(3) He shall submit the types of materials or works he does not have authority to allow to the Director-General.

(d) The Director-General –

(1) shall allow or refuse registration after verifying whether it is aligned with relevant criteria or not when receiving the application under Clause (3) of Subsection (c).

31-c. Those receiving the licence –

(a) shall follow the discipline mentioned in the licence.

(b) shall accept inspection of the department.

(c) shall inform the department about suspicious reasons for the outbreak of infectious disease at their businesses as quickly as possible.

(d) Strictly follow the directives of the department after informing under Subsection (c).

13. The word “permit or endorsement certificate” mentioned in the Preamble of Section 37, Subsections (c) and (d) of Section 37, Sections 42, 43 and 48 of the law shall be substituted with the word “permit, endorsement certificate or licence” respectively.

14. The words “establishment of slaughterhouse” and “carrying out slaughterhouse establishment” mentioned in Subsection (c) of Section 42, Sections 44 and 49 of the law shall be substituted with the word “slaughterhouse business”.

15. Section 53-a shall be added behind Section 53 of the law as follows: - 53-a. The ministry has the authority to allow a total or partial exemption for service charges and other fees for the sake of the people.

16. Section 55-a shall be added behind Section 55 of the law as follows: - 55-a. Rules, work procedures, orders and directives of the Animal Health and Development Law revoked by this law can be used whenever these are aligned with this law.

I hereby sign this law under Section 419 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Sd/ Min Aung Hlaing

Senior General

Chairman

State Administration Council

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