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Region Hluttaw or State Hluttaw
Formation of the Region Hluttaw or the State Hluttaw
161.
The Region or State Hluttaw shall be formed with the following persons :
(a)
representatives of the Region or State Hluttaw, two of each are elected
from each township in the Regions or the States;
(b)
representatives of the Region Hluttaw, each is elected from each national
race determined by the authorities concerned as having a population
which constitutes 0.1 percent and above of the population of the Union,
of the remaining national races other than those who have already obtained
the respective Region or a Self-Administered Area in that Region;
(c)
representatives of the State Hluttaw, each is elected from each national
race determined by the authorities concerned as having a population
which constitutes 0.1 percent and above of the population of the Union,
of the remaining national races other than those who have already obtained
respective State or a Self-Administered Area in that State;
(d)
representatives of the Region or State Hluttaw who are the Defence
Services personnel nominated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence
Services in accord with the law for an equal number of one-third of the
total number of Hluttaw representatives elected under Sub-Sections (a)
and (b) or (a) and (c).