State seal law of Myanmar
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| နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်ဥပဒေ Law amending the State Seal Law | |
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| National Defense and Security Council | |
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| Territorial extent | Myanmar |
| Enacted | 11 August 2025 |
| Assented to | 11 August 2025 |
| Commenced | 11 August 2025 |
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| State Seal Law (2010) | |
| Status: In force | |
The State Seal Law of Myanmar has undergone three amendments. The first law was enacted in 1974 after the coming into force of the socialist constitution. In 2010, a new law was enacted and repealed the 1974 law. Most recently, in August 2025, a minor amendment was made.
1974 Law
| No. | Law Name | Law Number | Enacter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The State Seal Law | 1974, Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 2. | Pyithu Hluttaw, Council of State |
| 2. | The State Seal Law | State Peace and Development Council Law No. 9/2010 | State Peace and Development Council |
| 3. | The Law Amending the State Seal Law | National Defense and Security Council Law No. 2/2025 | National Defense and Security Council |
Legislated by Pyithu Hluttaw, The State Seal Law (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်ဥပဒေ) was promulgated in 1974 along with the State Seal Rules (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်နည်းဥပဒေများ) by the Council of State on 30 March 1974.[1][2] The Council of Ministers issued the Order No. 16 on 9 October 1974, officially giving the Specification of the Symbols Included in the State Seal and Detailed Explanation and Description Concerning the Symbols Included in the State Seal (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်ပါ အမှတ်အသားများ အချိုးအစားသတ်မှတ်ပုံ နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်ပါ အမှတ်အသားများအချိုးအစားသတ်မှတ်ချက်နှင့် ပတ်သက်၍၊ အသေးစိတ်ရှင်းလင်းဖေါ်ပြချက်များ).[3]
2010 Law
On 21 October 2010, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) promulgated the State Seal Law[4] (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်ဥပဒေ),[5] also translated to English as the Union Seal Law,[6] together with the State Seal Rules[4] (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်နည်းဥပဒေများ),[7] repealing the old ones.
2025 Amendment
On 11 August 2025, the National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) promulgated the Law Amending the State Seal Law (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ်ဥပဒေကိုပြင်ဆင်သည့်ဥပဒေ).[8]
Main Amendment Points:
- Article (3) was revised to more precisely describe the meanings of the symbols within the seal.
- In Article (6), the clause "shall not be destroyed or altered" was expanded to include "attempting to alter, altering, or destroying". This change broadened the scope of punishable offenses and their consequences.
