Draft law on gem work in Kachin state completed

JADE AND HPAKANT MINING FIELD.

The first draft regarding how gem work in Kachin state will be legally conducted has been approved.

A secretary from the Myitkyina Gem Trade Association was very happy with the new draft.

“We have had allot of success because we were able to meet in person to discuss and debate it. The first draft is perfect because we all were hard together to come up with something which will work,” said the secretary.

Several experts, who included the Chairman of Kachin state parliament, Dr. Daw Yi Yi Win a professor of Law from Myitkyina University,  legal department representatives, the attorney office, state level mining minister and Myitkyina Gem Trade Association representatives met in from June and July to  work out the parameters for the new gem draft law.

The draft stipulates all gem work in Kachin state must also recorded on paper, gem work is subjected to taxes, and any work not reported is against the law.

The new draft which is based on the Gem Chapter from the 2008 Constitution was designed to be flexible for use by Kachin state Gem Trade Association.

The draft will first be submitted to state level government. After this it will be sent to the union government. If the draft passes it will become law.