Burma amended the 1974 Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Law in 1983. Section 10(b) made death an alternative to ten years to unlimited imprisonment plus a 50,000-kyat fine for trafficking, and the penalty for an unregistered drug user rose from one to two years to three to five years. The exact day was not found.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Myanmar here.
References
- Law Library of Congress — Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking (October 1988), Burma section1983 amendment; section 10(b); death alternative and 50,000-kyat fine.
- TNI — Drug problem in Myanmar (2017)Endnote 29; 1983 amendment.
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read.