- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०१९ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड ४: आन्तरिक प्रशासन · Volume 4: Internal Administration
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Government of Nepal may acquire any property it considers necessary in the public interest. An officer designated by the government fixes the compensation. A person who disagrees may appeal to the government within 35 days of being told the amount, and the government's decision is final. Where another law already sets how compensation for a property is fixed, that method is followed and payment can still be made under this Act.सार्वजनिक हितका लागि आवश्यक ठानेमा नेपाल सरकारले कुनै पनि सम्पत्ति प्राप्त गर्न सक्छ। क्षतिपूर्तिको रकम नेपाल सरकारले तोकेको अधिकारीले निर्धारण गर्छ। निर्धारणमा चित्त नबुझ्ने व्यक्तिले सूचना पाएको ३५ दिनभित्र नेपाल सरकारसमक्ष उजुर गर्न सक्छ र सरकारको निर्णय अन्तिम हुन्छ। कुनै सम्पत्तिको क्षतिपूर्ति अर्को प्रचलित कानूनले तोकेको भए सोहीबमोजिम निर्धारण गरी यस ऐनअन्तर्गत दिन सकिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 3(1)–(4), pp. 1–2
- Compensation for property abolished, acquired or to be acquired under any Nepali law may be paid in government 'stock' (bonds) instead of cash, though the government may choose to pay cash. The stock is issued by the government or Nepal Rastra Bank. The government sets the repayment period and interest rate by notice in the Nepal Gazette, up to a ceiling of 20 years and 5 per cent interest, and may pay interest from the date the property was abolished or acquired.कुनै नेपाल कानूनबमोजिम उन्मूलन भएको, प्राप्त गरिएको वा प्राप्त गरिने सम्पत्तिको क्षतिपूर्ति नगदको सट्टा सरकारी ‘स्टक’ (ऋणपत्र) का रूपमा दिन सकिन्छ; सरकारले चाहेमा नगद पनि दिन सक्छ। स्टक नेपाल सरकार वा नेपाल राष्ट्र बैङ्कले निष्काशन गर्छ। भुक्तानी अवधि र ब्याजदर नेपाल सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी तोक्छ, जसको माथिल्लो हद २० वर्ष र ५ प्रतिशत ब्याज हो। सम्पत्ति उन्मूलन वा अधिग्रहण भएकै मितिदेखि ब्याज दिन पनि सकिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 4, 5 and 7, p. 2
- Nepal Rastra Bank pays principal and interest on the government's behalf, may act as trustee of the stock, keeps the register of holders, transfers stock on request for a fee and reports to the government on the stock's financial position. Payments are a charge on the Consolidated Fund, and the government may set up a debt redemption fund. Disputes over who owns stock are decided by the courts.नेपाल सरकारका तर्फबाट नेपाल राष्ट्र बैङ्कले साँवा र ब्याज भुक्तानी गर्छ; बैङ्क स्टकको ट्रस्टी हुन सक्छ, धनीको नाम खातामा दर्ता गरी निस्सा दिन्छ, अनुरोधमा तोकिएको फी लिई नामसारी गर्छ र स्टकको आर्थिक स्थितिबारे सरकारलाई प्रतिवेदन दिन्छ। स्टकको भुक्तानी सञ्चित कोषमाथि व्ययभार हुन्छ र सरकारले ऋण मोचन कोष खडा गर्न सक्छ। स्टकको धनीबारे विवाद अदालतबाट टुङ्गिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 6, 8–13, pp. 2–3
- The Act also amended the Birta Abolition Act 2016, removing that Act's own compensation method so that Birta compensation is handled under this Act.यस ऐनले बिर्ता उन्मूलन ऐन, २०१६ मा संशोधन गरी त्यस ऐनमा रहेको क्षतिपूर्तिको रीतसम्बन्धी व्यवस्था झिकेको छ, जसले बिर्ताको क्षतिपूर्ति यसै ऐनअन्तर्गत दिने बाटो खोलेको छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 14, p. 3
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Outdated The Act is largely redundant. The High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission found that this Act, which appears linked to compensation for Birta land, overlaps with the Immovable Property Requisition Act 2013 and the Land Acquisition Act 2034, which deal with the same purpose, and that it has been used very little. It described the Act as entirely irrelevant today.ऐनको सान्दर्भिकता लगभग सकिएको छ। उच्चस्तरीय आर्थिक सुधार सुझाव आयोगका अनुसार बिर्ता जग्गाको क्षतिपूर्तिसँगसमेत जोडिएको यो ऐन उही प्रयोजनका अचल सम्पत्ति अधिग्रहण ऐन, २०१३ र जग्गा प्राप्ति ऐन, २०३४ सँग दोहोरिएको छ र यसको प्रयोग निकै कम भएको छ। आयोगले यो ऐन वर्तमान सन्दर्भमा पूरै असान्दर्भिक देखिएको उल्लेख गरेको छ। High-Level Economic Reform Commission (उच्चस्तरीय आर्थिक सुधार सुझाव आयोग), submitted to the Ministry of Finance Legal reform chapter, item 9, printed pp. 85–86 (PDF pp. 152–153); item 23, printed p. 90 (PDF p. 157)
Ideas to fix it
- Repeal the Compensation Act 2019, as one of the Acts found to restrict economic freedom, raise business costs unnecessarily, risk misuse or be irrelevant today.आर्थिक स्वतन्त्रता कुण्ठित गर्ने, व्यवसायको लागत अनावश्यक बढाउने, गलत प्रयोग हुनसक्ने वा वर्तमान सन्दर्भमा असान्दर्भिक देखिएका ऐनमध्ये एकका रूपमा क्षतिपूर्ति ऐन, २०१९ खारेज गर्ने। Proposed by: High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission (2081) High-Level Economic Reform Commission (उच्चस्तरीय आर्थिक सुधार सुझाव आयोग), submitted to the Ministry of Finance
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.
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Regulations and rules made under it
- क्षतिपूर्ति नियमहरु, २०२० In force