Consumer Protection Law.

The objectives of this Law are: (a) to ensure the fulfilment of consumer’s rights; (b) to raise comprehensive awareness on consumer protection; (c) to disseminate accurate, correct and clear information on consumer protection; (d) to fulfill the high quality of goods or services that guarantee on safety, health and satisfaction of the consumers; (e) to be followed by the entrepreneur on consumer protection in accordance with the law; 3 (f) to prevent the consumers from hazardous goods or services and any damage from consumption of it; (g) to manage and regulate the establishment of consumer protection associations and to cooperate with each other in order to strengthen such associations; (h) to take action rapidly on hazardous goods or services to the consumer.
The Myanmar Consumer Protection Commission shall be established. The powers, functions and duties of the Commission are include: (a) reporting annually the consumer protection activities to the government; (b) implementing to achieve the objectives of this Law; (c) advising the consumer protection affairs to the government; (d) drawing up the policies and laying down the plans of consumer protection; (e) submitting its plans and activities to the governments if the extraordinary circumstances and processes arise; (f) determining the priority sectors for the safety of goods to be used or consumed by consumers; etc. The Department of Consumer Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce shall be responsible for: (i) implementing the rights of consumers; (ii) educating the consumer protection activities and disseminating information about it; (iii) researching the consumer protection activities and analyzing the results of such research for the interest of consumers; etc. The Department shall set the priority sectors in accordance with the approval of the Commission for the safety of goods or services that will be used by the consumers, and cooperate with the relevant government departments and government organizations.
The Law further makes provisions for: functions and duties of the inspector, establishment of the Consumer Affairs Committee, the rights of the consumer, labelling of goods, complaint and mediation, offences and penalties, etc.