Burma Legislature

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Burma Legislature
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
History
Founded1936 (1936)
Disbanded1947 (1947)
Preceded by Legislative Council of Burma
Succeeded by Constituent Assembly of Burma
Seats168
36 (Senate)
132 (House of Representatives)
Elections
Last election
1936 Burmese general election
Meeting place
Rangoon, British Burma

The Burma Legislature was the legislative body of British Burma from 1936 to 1947. As an elected body, the Legislature of Burma was a bicameral legislature consisting of the 36-seat Senate and the 132-seat House of Representatives. [1]

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Establishment

The Government of India Act 1935 separated Burma from British India as of 1 April 1937, [2] and created a 36-seat Senate and a 132-seat House of Representatives. [3]

Presidents of the Senate

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Maung Gyee 16 March 19371940 [4] [5] [6]
Sir Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi 30 August 1940 [7] 1942 - 1943? [6]
?19451947

Speakers of the House of Representatives

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Chit Hlaing 12 February 19371941 [4] [8]
Saw Sydney Loo-Nee 19411941 [9] [10]
Chit Hlaing 26 March 1941 [7] 1942 - 1943? [11]
?19451947

Bandoola U Sein was President of the State Assembly of Japanese-sponsored State of Burma. [12]


Notable legislation

In 1938, the Legislature of Burma attempted to remedy the dispossession of rural Burmese farmers who were displaced by Indians, in particular, the Chettiars, by passing the Tenancy Act, Land Purchase Act, and Land Alienation Act. [13] The Tenancy Act intended to safeguard tenants from eviction and to fix fair rents, while the Land Purchase Act allowed the government to purchase large swathes of land owned by non-agriculturalists to be resold on a tenancy basis to genuine farmers. [13] In 1938, the Legislature passed into law the progressive University Act. [14]

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References

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