Amendment of Penal Code Law: State Administration Council Issues Announcement

The State Administration Council issued an announcement about the amendment of the Penal Code Law. It states that the State Administration Council enacts this Law according to Article 419 of the State Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 1.
This Law shall be called the Amendment of the Penal Code Law. 2. After Subsection (a) and (b) of Section 311 shall be added as follows: — “Of Genocide 311 A. Whoever, with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group: (a) Kills members of the group; or (b) Causes grievous hurt or serious mental harm to members of the group; or (c) Deliberately inflicts on the group conditions of life calculated to bring its physical destruction in whole or in part; or (d) Imposes measures, not in accordance with any existing laws, intended to prevent births within the group; or (e) Forcibly transfers children of the group to another group, is said to have committed the offence of genocide. 311 B. (1) Whoever commits the offence of genocide under subsection (a) of section 311 A, shall be punished with death and shall also be liable to fine. (2) Whoever commits the offence of genocide under subsection (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 311 A, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.”
The announcement was signed by Chairman of the State Administration Council Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.