Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (“MDES”) recently published the latest draft of the Cyber Security Bill (the “Bill”) for public hearing and public consultation during 24th May 2017 to 7th June 2017 before the MDES revises the Bill and submits it to the National Legislative Assembly (“NLA”) for approval. The bill will ensure… Read More
The Directive of the President of the Supreme Court on Submitting, Sending, and Receiving Pleadings and Documents via the Electronic Filing System (the “Directive”) was published in the Royal Gazette on 4th May 2017 and has come into force on and from 5th May 2017. The Announcement of the Office of the Judiciary for the… Read More
In pursuit of the efforts of the Government to improve Thailand competitiveness under the so called Thailand 4.0 framework, on 12th April 2017 the Ministry of Labour issued its Regulation on Application for and Issuance of Work Permits and Report of Employment of Foreign Workers No. 2 B.E. 2560 (the “Regulation”) to implement issuance of… Read More
On 5th June 2017, the Bank of Thailand (“BOT”) announced a plan to reform exchange regulations to streamline procedures, reduce the required documents, remove the BOT’s prior approvals for certain FX transactions and promote transactions in electronic forms. Most of the new regulations for the reform will be issued this year as shown in the… Read More
Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) recently published the latest draft of the bill to amendment to the Patent Act B.E. 2522 (the “Bill”) for public hearing and public consultation during 19th May 2017 to 1st June 2017 before the DIP revises the Bill and proposes it to the Cabinet. The Bill as published by… Read More
The Myanmar Investment Law 2016 (“MIL”) was enacted to replace the Foreign Investment Law 2012 and the Myanmar Citizens Investment Law 2013 on 18th October 2016. On 30th March 2017, the Ministry of Planning and Finance, therefore, published the Myanmar Investment Rules (“MIR”) under the Myanmar Investment Law 2016 (MIL) as Notification No.35/2017 for implementation… Read More