The Union of Myanmar
The State Peace and Development Council
The Law Amending the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law
(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 1/2005)
The 4th Waxing Day of Pyatho 1366 ME
(13th January, 2005)

The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following Law:-

1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law.

2. The expression “Executive Committee of the Township People’s Council” contained in section 8 and section 9 of the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law shall be substituted by the expression “Township Registration Committee”.

3. Section 10 of the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law shall be substituted as follows:-
“10. The relevant Township Registration Committee shall investigate in accordance with the procedures as to whether or not there is failure to register the immoveable property under section 8 or section 9, whether or not there is correctness in registration and whether or not there is concealment and submit its findings to the District Administrative Officer.”

4. Section 13 of the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law shall be substituted as follows:-
“13. If any person who is responsible for registering immoveable property under section 8 or section 9 fails to register or wilfully makes false statement in registration or makes concealment, he shall, on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a minimum term of one year to a maximum term of three years, and the immoveable property involved in the offence shall also be confiscated.”

(Sd) Than Shwe
Senior General
Chairman
The State Peace and Development Council

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Colonel Muammar Al-Gadafi felicitates Senior General Than Shwe

YANGON, 13 Jan— The following is a message of felicitations from Bro Colonel Muammar Al-Gadafi, Leader of the Great Al-Fateh Revolution Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, on the occasion of the 57th Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

On the occasion of the Independent Day of the Union of Myanmar, it gives me a great pleasure to convey to Your Excellency on my personal behalf and on behalf of the people of the Great Socialist People’s Libya Arab Jamahiriya, my sincere congratulations and best wishes for Your Excellency’s continuous good health and happiness and to the friendly people of the Union of Myanmar Progress and prosperity.

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UN Secretary-General sends felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe

YANGON, 13 Jan— The following is a message of felicitations from Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, on the occasion of the 57th Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you and to the government and people of Myanmar my warmest congratulations on the occasion of the Independence Day.

This is a crucial year in the life of our United Nations, a year in which we mark the 60th Anniversary of the organization and conduct a five-year review of the Millennium Declaration adopted in 2000 by all the world’s countries as a blueprint for building a better world in the 21st century. I hope that member states will respond to the occasion with vision, goodwill and courage, and be ready to take far-reaching measures to adapt and renew the United Nations.

Change and Renewal are of course constant processes in any living institution. But I see this year as more that I see as a rare opportunity to come up with collective answer to threats that have come so starkly into focus over the past few years, such as global terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the enduring global challenges of poverty, hunger and disease.

As we pursue our shared mission, it is heartening to know that the United Nations can count on the continued leadership, commitment and support of Myanmar.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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Three Energy Ministers visit drilling vessel

YANGON, 13 Jan — Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi together with Bangladeshi State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Mr AKM Mosharraf Hossain and Indian Minister for Oil and Natural Gas Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar this afternoon went on board the drilling vessel Frontier Duchess which will carry out drilling carry out at Well Shwe-3 of Oil Exploitation Block A-1 at Rakhine Offshore.

Managing Director Dr Su Yeong Yang of Daewoo International Corporation E&P Myanmar briefed the ministers on progress of drilling the wells Shwe-1 and Shwe-2 and work to be done for well Shwe-3 and others. The minister viewed round functions of the vessel.

The Frontier Duchess will drill 10,821 feet in well Shwe-3 and the drilling, and seismic tasks will be carried out within 53 days.

As Test Well Shwe-1 was drilled at the block of Rakhine Offshore beginning January 2004, a total of 32 million cubic feet of natural gas per day could be pumped out from the well.

According to the seismic data, it is estimated that from 4 to 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas can be produced from the Shwe area. Similarly, the plan is under way to drill about eight wells in Shwephyu and Ngwe areas of Block A-1 during this open season. It is expected to produce natural gas on a commercial scale with bright prospects.

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UDNR students to visit Yangon

YANGON, 12 Jan — Officials held a meeting at Pyithu Hluttaw here yesterday to make arrangements for the Yangon visit of the students of the four-year BEd course No 36 of the University for Development of National Races.

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe said that the UDNR is an institution that helps strengthen the national unity. The participants approved the minutes of the previous meeting of the Management Committee for the Study Tour Programme held on 22 December. Members of the committee presented the accomplishments of the body, followed by a general round of discussions.

Maj-Gen Myint Swe, the chairman of the committee, made arrangements for the study tour. The committee was formed with senior military officers and heads of department.

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