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MYANMAR DOING BUSINESS 2020 REFORMS Registering Property
No. Procedure Days Required (DB2019) Comments Days Required (Present) 1 Request and obtain a land clearance certificate and map at the Yangon City Development Council (YCDC) Land Administration Department 31 Time reduced from 31 days to 19 days See slides 2-6 19 2 Request and obtain appraisal from the township Inland Revenue Department 18 Time reduced from 18 days to 14 days See slides 7-8 14 3 Pay stamp duty at the Township Inland Revenue Department 1 No change 1 4 Register new land title at the Land Records Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation 31 Time reduced from 31 days to 15 days See slide 9-10 15 5 Announce the property transfer in the newspaper 3 No change 3 6 Change ownership at the YCDC 1 No change 1 TOTAL 85 53
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#2: Myanmar has reduced the time needed to request and obtain a land clearance and map at the Yangon City Development Committee Land Administration Department (Procedure #1)
- Time taken to request and obtain a land clearance and map at YCDC reduced
from 31 days to 19 days. This has been achieved by:
- setting new service standards:
- extending online application to 23 out of 33 townships in Yangon.
Overall time to register a property reduced from 85 days to 53 days.
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#2: Myanmar has reduced the time needed to request and obtain a land clearance and map at the Yangon City Development Committee Land Administration Department (Procedure #1)
- Time taken to request and obtain a land clearance and map at YCDC reduced
from 31 days to 19 days.
Legal basis: YCDC issued an internal directive setting new service standards on procedures for applying land clearance and map in December 2017. (Screenshot of the original YCDC directive on slide 4 and the English translation of the service standards for procedures on slide 5)
Impact
- Saving to the private sector of 13 days and associated business
- pportunity costs
- Reduction of burdensome regulation
SLIDE 4
YCDC Land Department Directive (internal 4472/2017) Reff:RaKaSa (Myopya- LandAdmin-2017 (23643) Date: 26th December 2017
SLIDE 5 Subject Old standard (No of working days) New standard (No of working days) Note 1 Document Checking 1 1 2* Checking history of land 3 14 3* Preparing history of map and drawing map 5 4* Newspaper announcement 14 5 Getting permission step by step 6 3 6 Permission issued 1 1 Deputy Head of the Department issues Total number of days 30 19
New and Old Service Standards for procedures to obtain land clearance and map at YCDC Land Administration Department Note*: Checking history of land, preparing history of map and drawing map and newspaper announcement (nos 2, 3 and 4 above) can now be done
- simultaneously. This reduces the overall time to get land clearance and map
from 30 days to 19 days.
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Evidence for online application to request and obtain a land clearance and map: [https://app.ycdc.gov.mm/city_plan/form_copymap.php]
SLIDE 7 #3: Myanmar has reduced the time needed to obtain appraisal from the township Internal Revenue Department (Procedure # 2)
- Time taken to obtain appraisal from the township Internal Revenue Department
reduced from 18 days to maximum 14 days (2 weeks).
- Legal basis: Internal Revenue Department issued an internal directive (directive
25/2017 dated November 7, 2017) to implement land and building valuation process within 2 weeks. (Screenshot of the IRD directive on next slide) Impact
- Saving to the private sector of 4 days and associated business opportunity costs
- Reduction of burdensome regulation
SLIDE 8
IRD Directive 25/2017 Dated on 7 Nov 2017
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#3: Myanmar has reduced the time nee ded to register a property by reducing the time needed to register new land title (Procedure #4) Highlights
- Time taken to register new land title at the Land Records Department of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Irrigation reduced from 31 days to 15 days; (Procedure #4)
- This has been achieved by setting new service standards, computerising back office functions and
digitalisation of records by scanning new land title documents;
- Deeds records are now digitally searchable and extractable
- Overall time to register a property reduced from 85 days to 53 days.
Legal Basis
- The Deeds Registration Law (2018), which came into effect on October 1, 2018 provides
among other things for the use of modern technology, Notification from the President’s Office announcing the signing into law is here.
- Land Records Department issued an internal directive (2287/ 4 Na-3(2019) dated February
20, 2019) to implement deed registration process within 14 days. (Screenshot of the directive on slide 12 ) Evidence Officially published user guide states (on page 13) that it takes 15 days for registering process. (Screenshot on slide 11) The user guide is also available on line here: https://www.moali.gov.mm/sites/default/files/Public%20Awareness%20%2814.12.2018%29.pdf
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#3: Myanmar has reduced the time needed to register a property by reducing the time needed to register new land title (Procedure #4) Highlights
- Time taken to register new land title at the Land Records Department of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation reduced from 31 days to 15 days; (Procedure #4)
- This has been achieved by setting new service standards, computerising back
- ffice functions and digitalisation of records by scanning new land title
documents;
- Deeds records are now digitally searchable and extractable
- Overall time to register a property reduced from 85 days to 53 days.
Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
SLIDE 11
The applicable extract from the user guide book (Page 13) : “ Time taken to register the land title is 15 days”
SLIDE 12
Land Records Dept; Directive (2287/ 4 Na-3(2019) Dated on 20 Feb 2019
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#4: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by publishing the applicable fee schedule for any property transaction at Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC), the agency in charge of immovable property registration in Yangon Evidence Fee schedule is published online here: [https://app.ycdc.gov.mm/city_plan/information.php?id=4] Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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#5: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by instituting a specific and separate mechanism for filing complaints about a problem that occurred at YCDC (the agency in charge of immovable property registration)
Evidence Online complaints form here: [https://www.ycdc.gov.mm/feedback.php]
Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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#6: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by instituting a specific and separate mechanism for filing complaints about a problem that occurred at Department of Agricultural Land Management and Statistics (Yangon Deeds Registration Office) Evidence Phone numbers for complaints (95 01652195 and 95 09 8602003) are posted at the Yangon Deeds Registration Office
Link: https://www.myantrade.org/storage/303/Registering-Property--Contacts-- Phone.pdf
Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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#7: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by publishing official statistics tracking the number of transactions at YCDC (the immovable property registration agency)
Evidence
Official statistics from YCDC here and on next slide. [https://app.ycdc.gov.mm/city_plan/information.php?id=5]
Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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Number of transactions 1 May 2018 396 2 June 2018 616 3 July 2018 850 4 August 2018 1152 5 September 2018 1410 6 October 2018 263 7 November 2018 516 8 December 2018 769 9 January 2019 1117 10 February 2019 1410 11 March 2019 248 Total 8774
Number of transactions at YCDC Land Administration Department
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#8: Myanmar (DALMS) has increased transparency of information by putting online a user guide with information on the applicable fee schedule for various types of deeds registration including land registry Evidence
- 1. Online user guide here: [https://www.moali.gov.mm/sites/default/files/
Public%20Awareness%20%2814.12.2018%29.pdf]
- 2. Screenshot of the pamphlet (available at the deeds registration
- ffices) on slide 16 & 17
Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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pamphlet with information on the applicable fee schedule for various types of deeds registration including land registry -1
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Pamphlet with information on the applicable fee schedule for various types of deeds registration including land registry - 2
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#9: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by publishing
- nline the applicable fee schedule for accessing maps of land plots made
publicly available
Evidence Online fee schedule here: [https://app.ycdc.gov.mm/city_plan/information.php?id=4] Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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#10: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by the cadastral or mapping agency (YCDC) committing to deliver an updated map within a specific time frame and communicating its service standards online
Evidence Online service standards here: [http://app.ycdc.gov.mm/city_plan/form_copymap.php] Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
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#11: Myanmar has increased transparency of information by instituting a specific and separate mechanism for filing complaints about a problem that
- ccurred at the cadastral or mapping agency (YCDC)
Evidence https://www.ycdc.gov.mm/feedback.php Impact
- Greater transparency
- Less opportunity for corruption
