- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०२० BS
- Status
- Status not yet confirmed
- Official text
- 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?
- This Act has been repealed by Section 78(a) of the Act Amending Some Nepal Acts, 2082 (authenticated 2082-04-14 BS). The points below describe the Act as it stood before repeal.केही नेपाल ऐन संशोधन गर्ने ऐन, २०८२ (प्रमाणीकरण मिति २०८२।४।१४) को दफा ७८(क) ले यो ऐन खारेज गरेको छ। तलका बुँदाले खारेजीअघिको व्यवस्था देखाउँछन्। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Section 78(क), PDF p. 62
- The Act governs 'rakam' contracts: the government may grant a contractor exclusive rights, across Nepal or in a given area, to collect, produce or sell a particular item, or to collect a fee set by the government. Only the Government of Nepal may award such contracts, and no one may act against the rights a contractor gets under one. Contracts must be awarded by inviting tenders or holding an open auction, after public notice at least three months before the contract starts.यो ऐनले 'रकम' ठेक्काको व्यवस्था गर्छ: नेपाल सरकारले नेपालभर वा कुनै खास क्षेत्रमा कुनै खास वस्तुको सङ्कलन, उत्पादन वा बिक्री वितरण गर्न वा सरकारले तोकेको दस्तुर असुल गर्न एकाधिकार दिने गरी ठेक्का बन्दोबस्त गर्न सक्छ। यस्तो ठेक्का नेपाल सरकारबाहेक अरूले दिन पाउँदैन र ठेकेदारले पाएको हकमा प्रतिकूल असर पर्ने काम कसैले गर्न हुँदैन। ठेक्का सुरु हुनुभन्दा कम्तीमा तीन महिनाअघि सूचना प्रकाशित गरी टेन्डर आह्वान वा बढाबढ/घटाघटबाट ठेक्का दिनुपर्छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Section 2(क), PDF p. 2; Sections 3–5, PDF pp. 3–4
- The government may accept or reject any or all tenders or bids, with or without giving reasons, and may re-tender. Bidders offering to pay in a lump sum get a set margin of preference over those paying in instalments, but that preference does not go to a non-Nepali bidder whose offer is equal to or lower than a Nepali citizen's. People convicted of theft, robbery, fraud, forgery or murder-related offences, bankrupts and government debtors may not take contracts.नेपाल सरकारले कारण देखाई वा नदेखाई कुनै वा सबै टेन्डर वा डाँक स्वीकृत वा अस्वीकृत गर्न र पुनः टेन्डर गर्न सक्छ। गनी महसुल वा गनी किस्तामा रकम बुझाउन कबुल गर्नेलाई किस्ताबन्दीमा बुझाउनेभन्दा तोकिएको हदसम्म प्राथमिकता दिइन्छ, तर नेपाली नागरिकले कबुल गरेको बराबर वा कम अङ्क कबुल गर्ने गैरनेपाली नागरिकलाई त्यस्तो प्राथमिकता दिइँदैन। चोरी, डाँका, ठगी, जालसाजी वा ज्यानसम्बन्धी अपराधमा सजाय पाएका, दामासाहीमा परेका र सरकारी बाँकी तिर्न नसक्नेले ठेक्का लिन पाउँदैनन्। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Section 9, PDF pp. 6–8; Section 10, PDF p. 8
- Contracts normally run for three years, though the government may set a different term. If a contractor fails to perform or quits early, the government's loss and dues plus 10% interest are recovered from the deposit, the contractor and the guarantor; the government can waive some of this where the failure was beyond the contractor's control, and must itself compensate the contractor if it breaks the contract. If no contract is in place, the government may run the work directly.ठेक्का सामान्यतया तीन वर्षका लागि दिइन्छ, तर नेपाल सरकारले फरक अवधि तोक्न सक्छ। ठेकेदारले कबुलियतबमोजिम काम नगरे वा अवधि नसकिँदै ठेक्का छोडे सरकारलाई भएको नोक्सानी र बाँकी रकम दश प्रतिशत सुदसहित धरौटी, ठेकेदार र जमानीबाट असुल गरिन्छ; ठेकेदारको काबुबाहिरको परिस्थिति भए सरकारले केही रकम मिनाहा दिन सक्छ र सरकारले नै शर्त उल्लङ्घन गरे ठेकेदारको हानि व्यहोर्नुपर्छ। समयमै ठेक्का नलागेमा सरकारले अमानतबाट काम चलाउन सक्छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Section 11(1), PDF p. 8; Section 24, PDF p. 17; Section 27, PDF pp. 17–18
- Acting against a contractor's exclusive rights, or awarding such a contract without authority, is punishable under any specific law, or otherwise by recovery of the amount involved plus an equal fine (up to Rs 500 if no amount is involved). A person who took a contract as a Nepali citizen but is later shown not to be one loses the benefits given to citizens. Someone involved in theft or concealment in a government contract who confesses before any complaint is spared prosecution under this Act, though the amount can still be recovered.ठेकेदारको एकाधिकार हकविपरीत काम गरेमा वा अधिकारबिना यस्तो ठेक्का दिएमा अन्य कानूनमा सजायको व्यवस्था भए सोहीबमोजिम, नभए बिगो असुल गरी बिगोबराबर जरिवाना (बिगो नभए पाँच सय रुपैयाँसम्म जरिवाना) हुन्छ। नेपाली नागरिक भनी ठेक्का लिएको व्यक्ति पछि गैरनेपाली प्रमाणित भए नेपाली नागरिकले पाउने सुविधा पाउँदैन। सरकारी ठेक्कामा चोरी वा लुकाउने काममा संलग्न व्यक्तिले उजुरी पर्नुअघि आफैं जाहेर गरेमा यस ऐनबमोजिम कारबाही हुँदैन, तर बिगो असुल गर्न सकिन्छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Section 26, PDF p. 17; Sections 27क–28, PDF p. 18
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
None documented in the official reports we have reviewed so far.
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.