Myanmar Penal Code

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Indian_Penal_Code/DgADV58o">Indian Penal Code</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.mlis.gov.mm/lsScPop.do?lawordSn=9506%20">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Myanmar - Penal Code, 1861". ILO. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=61342&p_country=MMR&p_count=110" target="_blank">https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=61342&p_country=MMR&p_count=110</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Kreß, Claus; Barriga, Stefan (2016-10-27). The Crime of Aggression: A Commentary. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-10749-5. <a href="978-1-108-10749-5" target="_blank">978-1-108-10749-5</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Leader-Elliott, Ian (2017). "Review of Criminal Law in Myanmar". Singapore Journal of Legal Studies: 192–199. ISSN 0218-2173. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44986449" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/44986449</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Beyond the Coup in Myanmar: Echoes of the Past, Crises of the Moment, Visions of the Future". HLS Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/blog/2021/05/beyond-the-coup-in-myanmar-echoes-of-the-past-crises-of-the-moment-visions-of-the-future/" target="_blank">https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/blog/2021/05/beyond-the-coup-in-myanmar-echoes-of-the-past-crises-of-the-moment-visions-of-the-future/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Burma's Political Prisoners and U.S. Policy". Congressional Research Service. 2021-01-04. <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1350666/download" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1350666/download</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Burma's Political Prisoners and U.S. Policy". Congressional Research Service. 2021-01-04. <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1350666/download" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1350666/download</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Beyond the Coup in Myanmar: Echoes of the Past, Crises of the Moment, Visions of the Future". HLS Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/blog/2021/05/beyond-the-coup-in-myanmar-echoes-of-the-past-crises-of-the-moment-visions-of-the-future/" target="_blank">https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/blog/2021/05/beyond-the-coup-in-myanmar-echoes-of-the-past-crises-of-the-moment-visions-of-the-future/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Justice denied as regime targets activists' lawyers". Frontier Myanmar. 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/justice-denied-as-regime-targets-activists-lawyers/" target="_blank">https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/justice-denied-as-regime-targets-activists-lawyers/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"Myanmar's criminal law and justice system perpetuates stigmatization, discrimination, and human rights violations against its LGBTQ people, new report finds". International Commission of Jurists. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://www.icj.org/myanmars-criminal-law-and-justice-system-perpetuates-stigmatization-discrimination-and-human-rights-violations-against-its-lgbtq-people-new-report-finds/" target="_blank">https://www.icj.org/myanmars-criminal-law-and-justice-system-perpetuates-stigmatization-discrimination-and-human-rights-violations-against-its-lgbtq-people-new-report-finds/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>Myay, Chan (2013-11-29). "LGBT Groups Call for Burma's Penal Code to Be Amended". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/lgbt-groups-call-burmas-penal-code-amended.html" target="_blank">https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/lgbt-groups-call-burmas-penal-code-amended.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>Slow, Oliver (2016-02-27). "The left-over laws: Myanmar's colonial hangover". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-left-over-laws-myanmars-colonial-hangover/" target="_blank">https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-left-over-laws-myanmars-colonial-hangover/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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