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Bill for Protection against Hate-Speech
(Pyihtaungsu Hluttaw Act No. ----------------2016)
Day---------month--------1378 M.E
(Day---------month--------2016 C.E)
This Bill is enacted by the Pyihtaungsu
Hluttaw .
CHAPTER (1)
Terms and Interpretations
1.
This Act
shall be entitled "Act for Protection against Hate-Speech"
2.
The following
terms promulgated
in this Act shall be interpreted
in
the
followings: (a)
The State denotes the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ;
(b)
The Union Government denotes
the Union
Cabinet of the
Republic of Union of Myanmar ;
(c)
(d)
The
Central
Committee
the authority
the
Central
organized
on
protection
against religious and ethnic hate-speech;
Committee
of this Act for the purpose
of
Board of Investigation denotes the Panel of enquiry organized
by the Central Committee
(e)
denotes
on the authority of this Act;
The Ministry denotes the Ministry
of Religious
Affairs
and
Culture, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ;
(f)
The Department denotes the Department
of Religious' Affairs
Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture;
(g)
Religious Faith denotes
any religious
\.
faith
confessed
by a
certain religious follower in accord with one's own free will;
(h)
Religious
Follower denotes a certain religious follower in one's
,
respective
(i)
and particular religious faith; .
Religious Leader denotes a person who takes a leading role
only in one's respective and particular religious affairs; and
U)
Hate- Speech denotes an any bodily or verbal action by any
manner
and
or by a certain
dissension
groups.
among
lauguage
diverse
which
religious
can create
faiths
and
conflicts
ethnic