Development Committee Act, 2013

What does it do?

• The Government of Nepal may, by order published in the Nepal Gazette, form a committee to carry out any development plan or work named in the order; the order sets the committee's name and functions, and its members are appointed by the government. Since a 2075 amendment, a provincial government may likewise form a three-member committee by notice in its Provincial Gazette to run plans, projects or bodies transferred to it from the federal government; such a committee is dissolved automatically once the project is completed.नेपाल सरकारले नेपाल राजपत्रमा आदेश प्रकाशित गरी त्यसमा तोकिएको कुनै विकास योजना वा कार्य सञ्चालन गर्न समिति गठन गर्न सक्छ; आदेशले समितिको नाम र काम–कर्तव्य तोक्छ र सदस्य सरकारले नियुक्त गर्छ। २०७५ को संशोधनपछि सङ्घबाट हस्तान्तरण भएका योजना, परियोजना वा संस्था चलाउन प्रदेश सरकारले पनि प्रदेश राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी तीन सदस्यीय समिति गठन गर्न सक्छ; परियोजना सम्पन्न भएपछि त्यस्तो समिति स्वतः विघटन हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 2–3क, PDF p. 2
• Each committee is a body corporate with perpetual succession that can hold property and sue and be sued. Its fund consists of money from the government or private donors and funds from foreign agencies given through the government. It works under its own rules, which need approval from the relevant federal or provincial ministry, and it must follow rules and orders issued by the government.हरेक समिति अविच्छिन्न उत्तराधिकारवाला सङ्गठित संस्था हुन्छ, जसले सम्पत्ति राख्न र नालिस गर्न तथा खेप्न सक्छ। समितिको कोषमा नेपाल सरकार वा गैरसरकारी व्यक्तिले दिएको रकम र विदेशी एजेन्सीले सरकारमार्फत दिएको रकम रहन्छ। समिति आफ्नै नियमअनुसार चल्छ, जसमा सम्बन्धित सङ्घीय वा प्रदेश मन्त्रालयको स्वीकृति चाहिन्छ, र सरकारले जारी गरेका नियम वा आदेश पालना गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 4–5, PDF pp. 2–3; Section 7, PDF p. 4
• Committees may hire staff only according to principles and methods approved by the Public Service Commission, and may borrow government officers temporarily. The government may dissolve a committee once its work is done or can be done better by the government itself; its assets and debts then pass to the government. Contract disputes are settled by arbitration, whose decision is final except for limited review by the High Court.समितिले लोक सेवा आयोगबाट स्वीकृत सिद्धान्त र तरिकाअनुसार मात्र कर्मचारी नियुक्त गर्न सक्छ, र सरकारी अधिकृतको सेवा केही समयका लागि लिन सक्छ। काम सकिएमा वा सरकार आफैँले राम्रोसँग गर्न सक्ने ठानेमा सरकारले समिति विघटन गर्न सक्छ; त्यसपछि समितिको सबै सम्पत्ति र ऋण सरकारमा जान्छ। सम्झौतासम्बन्धी विवाद मध्यस्थबाट टुङ्गिन्छ र त्यसको निर्णय अन्तिम हुन्छ, सीमित अवस्थामा मात्र उच्च अदालतले बदर गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 6, PDF p. 3; Sections 8–9, PDF pp. 4–5
• Many public bodies operate as development committees formed under this Act — for example, the Auditor General's 63rd report describes the Institute of Foreign Affairs and the National Defence University Infrastructure Development Committee as formed under orders issued under it.धेरै सार्वजनिक निकाय यस ऐनअन्तर्गत गठित विकास समितिका रूपमा चलेका छन् — उदाहरणका लागि महालेखापरीक्षकको ६३औँ प्रतिवेदनले परराष्ट्र मामिला अध्ययन प्रतिष्ठान र राष्ट्रिय प्रतिरक्षा विश्वविद्यालय पूर्वाधार निर्माण विकास समिति यसै ऐनअन्तर्गत जारी गठन आदेशबाट बनेको उल्लेख गरेको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd report, Foreign Affairs chapter (PDF p. 321, printed p. 289) and Defence chapter (PDF p. 406, printed p. 374)

Where does it conflict with other laws?

No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.