(d) Myanmar Standards means national standards prescribed by the National Standard Council;

(f) Regional Standards means standards prescribed by the regional organization for standardization;

(i) Compulsory Standards means standards prescribed by the National Standardization Council in respect of human health and safety of private property which shall be compulsory to abide by this Law;

(j) Voluntary Standards means standards which are not involved in the compulsory standards;

(k) Accreditation Certificate means a certificate issued under this Law recognizing that it is competent to carry out technical examination, laboratory examination and other necessary services for enabling to issue quality recommendation;

(l) Quality Recommendation means a recommendation certificate issued under this Law that it is in conformity with standards of product, production process and service;

(m) Standardization Mark includes a product quality mark, a production process quality mark and a service quality mark which are accreditation marks and quality marks;

Any internal or foreign department, organization desirous of issuing quality recommendation or any person desirous of participating in businesses related with any department, organization which has the right to issue quality recommendation shall apply to the Department in accord with the stipulations to obtain the accreditation certificate.

The department, organization or individual which has obtained the accreditation certificate has the right to use the accreditation mark.

(a) The departments, organizations or individuals which have obtained  the accreditation certificate shall apply to the Department in accord  with  the stipulations if desirous to extend the term of the  accreditation certificate.

The department and organization which have obtained the accreditation certificate shall:

(a) register at the Department after obtaining the approval of the Council on the standardization mark for each category of quality recommendation for which it may issue.

(b) submit the list of businesses to which it has issued quality recommendation to the Department in accord with the stipulations.

A person desirous of obtaining quality recommendation shall apply to the department and organization which have obtained the accreditation certificate from the Department.

The department and organization which have obtained the accreditation certificate are, after examining in accord with the stipulations, entitled to issue the following categories of quality recommendation with terms and conditions:

(a) product quality recommendation;

(b) production process quality recommendation;

(c) service quality recommendation.

The Committee may, if it is found out that the person who has obtained the quality recommendation violates any term or condition contained in the relevant recommendation, take any of the following actions:

(a) warning;

(b) suspending the quality recommendation for a limited period;

(c) cancelling the quality recommendation.

The Committee may, if it is found out that the individual who has obtained the accreditation certificate violates any term or condition contained in the relevant accreditation certificate, take any of the following actions:

(a) warning;

(b) suspending the accreditation certificate for a limited period;

(c) cancelling the accreditation certificate.

Whoever issues quality recommendation without obtaining the accreditation certificate shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine not exceeding Kyat three million or with both.

Whoever commits any of the following acts shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with fine not exceeding Kyat three million or with both:

(a) counterfeiting any standardization mark;

(b) using standardization mark that is not allowed to use or not approved  by the Council;

(c) advertising, selling or possessing in order to sell any product or advertising or carrying out any service which does not meet the compulsory standard stipulated by the Council knowingly or likely to know.

If any person who has obtained the quality recommendation uses the standardization mark on the product or relating to service which does not meet the relevant standard shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or with fine not exceeding Kyat one million or with both.

The person who has obtained the quality recommendation, its agent and its successor shall comply with compulsory standards.

Offences contained in this Law shall be stipulated as cognizable offences.