- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०१९ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १०: सञ्चार तथा विज्ञान र प्रविधि · Volume 10: Communication, Science and Technology
- 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 has the exclusive right to carry letters in places where it runs a postal service, apart from narrow exceptions (letters carried free for a traveller, letters about the sender's own business sent through a special person, letters accompanying goods, and airline documents). It may license private persons or organisations to run postal services; breaching licence terms can bring up to five years' prison or a Rs 2,500 fine plus damages. Vehicle owners may not carry other people's letters, and public transport operators must carry mail if asked.सरकारले हुलाक सेवा चलाएका ठाउँमा चिठी ओसार्ने एकाधिकार नेपाल सरकारमा छ; केही सीमित अपवाद (बाटोमा कसैले निःशुल्क पुर्याइदिने चिठी, आफ्नै कारोबारसम्बन्धी चिठी विशेष व्यक्तिमार्फत, मालसामानसँगै जाने चिठी र वायुसेवाका कागजात) मात्र छन्। सरकारले निजी व्यक्ति वा संस्थालाई हुलाक सेवा चलाउन इजाजत दिन सक्छ; सर्त उल्लङ्घन गरेमा हानिको हर्जानासहित पाँच वर्षसम्म कैद वा रु. २,५०० सम्म जरिवाना हुन सक्छ। सवारीधनीले अरूको चिठी ओसार्न पाउँदैनन्, र सरकारले अनुरोध गरे सार्वजनिक यातायात सञ्चालकले डाँक ढुवानी गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–5घ, pp. 5–7
- The government sets domestic postage and fees by Gazette notice, decides what may be sent by post, issues stamps, and makes rules on registration, insurance, value-payable post, money orders and international postal arrangements with other countries. The government is not liable for lost or misdelivered mail except for wilful wrongdoing by staff, and post offices may hold or return certain items.सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना निकालेर आन्तरिक हुलाक महसुल र दस्तुर तोक्छ, हुलाकबाट के पठाउन सकिन्छ भन्ने तोक्छ, हुलाक टिकट जारी गर्छ, र रजिष्ट्री, बीमा, मूल्यदेय हुलाक, धनादेश र अन्य देशसँगको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय हुलाक व्यवस्थाबारे नियम बनाउँछ। कर्मचारीको जानाजान गल्तीबाहेक हराएको वा गलत ठाउँ पुगेको हुलाक वस्तुको दायित्व सरकारको हुँदैन, र हुलाक कार्यालयले केही वस्तु रोक्का वा फिर्ता गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 6–41, pp. 7–26
- The government may designate post offices to run savings banks for small depositors, under rules made after consulting the Finance Ministry and Nepal Rastra Bank. The Act sets penalties for offences such as forging stamps, damaging letter boxes, false declarations and reusing stamps, and the government is plaintiff in cases under the Act.साना बचतकर्तालाई बैंकिङ सुविधा दिन सरकारले कुनै हुलाक कार्यालयलाई बचत बैंकको काम गर्न तोक्न सक्छ, जसका नियम अर्थ मन्त्रालय र नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकसँग परामर्श गरी बनाइन्छ। टिकटमा जालसाजी, पत्रमञ्जूषा बिगार्ने, झुटो विवरण दिने र प्रयोग भइसकेको टिकट पुनः प्रयोग गर्ने जस्ता कसूरमा सजायको व्यवस्था छ, र यस ऐनअन्तर्गतको मुद्दामा सरकार वादी हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 42क–42ख, p. 26; Sections 48–67, pp. 28–33
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Outdated Private courier and online delivery firms now provide services that overlap with the postal service, but no body regulates them. The Auditor General also found that in FY 2080/81 the postal service cost Rs 2.73 billion to run while raising Rs 348.5 million in revenue, its staffing had not been rationalised as the 2080/81 budget promised, and in FY 2081/82 the plan to make it an e-commerce hub had not started; it recommended restructuring and diversifying the service.निजी कुरियर र अनलाइन डेलिभरी कम्पनीले हुलाक सेवासँग मिल्दोजुल्दो सेवा दिइरहेका छन्, तर तिनको नियमन गर्ने निकाय छैन। २०८०/८१ मा हुलाक सेवा चलाउन रु. २ अर्ब ७२ करोड ६४ लाख खर्च भई रु. ३४ करोड ८५ लाख मात्र राजस्व उठेको, २०८०/८१ को बजेटमा भनिएअनुसार दरबन्दी मिलान नभएको, र २०८१/८२ मा हुलाकलाई विद्युतीय व्यापार हब बनाउने काम सुरु नभएको महालेखापरीक्षकले औँल्याउँदै सेवाको विविधीकरणसहित पुनःसंरचना गर्न सुझाव दिएको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 62nd Report, MoCIT chapter (Department of Postal Services), para 12, printed p. 565; OAG 63rd Report, MoCIT chapter, para 15, printed p. 516; Act ss. 3–3क, pp. 5–6
Ideas to fix it
- Restructure the postal service so it is integrated with e-commerce, diversifying services to match current needs.हुलाक सेवालाई एकीकृत सेवा र विद्युतीय व्यापारसँग तादात्म्य हुने गरी सेवाको विविधीकरणसहित पुनःसंरचना गर्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (62nd and 63rd Annual Reports) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.
Regulations and rules made under it
- हुलाक नियमावली, २०२० In force