THE  Office  of  the  Union  Attorney-General held the coordination meeting on the Code of  Civil  Procedure  (Amendment)  Act  (Draft)    yesterday  morning.

The meeting was attend-ed by Union Attorney-General Dr  Thida  Oo,  Deputy  Attorney-General U San Lwin, Director-General  and  officials  from  the  Legal  Scrutiny  and  Advisory Department and the Union Supreme Court Office.

At the meeting, the Union Attorney-General said it was known from the meeting of the State Administration Council (1/2021) that  many  laws  had  not been drafted and enacted in  various  Union  ministries.  She  said  according  to  the  instruction to join the professors from  the  law  departments  in  Universities  with  the  Union  Attorney-General’s  Office  in  order to enact laws as soon as possible,  the  list  of  bills  that  should  be  passed  at  present  has  been  submitted  to  the  State Administration Council after the meeting with officials from the Union-Level departments and organizations.

She added the Code of civil Procedure (Amendment) Act (Draft)  is  an  addition  to  Section  89-A  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure Act and a requirement  for  the  establishment  of the Mediation process as a means  of  resolving  disputes  amicably  between  parties  to  conflicts  that  are  separate  from the judicial process of the Supreme Court. She continued it  is  not  against  the  policies  and objectives set by the State and is a law that needs to be enacted immediately, and such meetings would continue to be held on other laws that should be enacted soon.

The  attendees  discussed  the  details  of  Section  89-A  (draft) of the act.

MNA

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