Act

Hotel Management and Sale, Distribution of Liquors (Control) Act, 1966

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Type
Act
Year
२०२३ BS · 1966 AD
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड ९: पर्यटन, श्रम तथा यातायात · Volume 9: Tourism, Labor and Transport
Official text
Official page Official text (PDF)
English translation
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Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.

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What does it do?

  • The Act regulates hotels (including restaurants) and the sale and serving of alcohol in hotels and shops (including bhatti shops) to protect public morality, convenience, health and economic interests. 'Alcohol' covers all kinds of local and foreign liquor and beer. Hotels and shops that serve alcohol may not sell or serve it before 12 noon or after midnight (1 a.m. on Fridays), and hotels may not run entertainment or dance shows after those hours; the government can change these hours by notice in the Nepal Gazette.सर्वसाधारणको सदाचार, सुविधा, स्वास्थ्य र आर्थिक हित जोगाउन यो ऐनले होटेल (रेस्टुराँसमेत) र होटेल तथा पसल (भट्टी पसलसमेत) मा मदिराको बिक्री वितरण नियन्त्रण गर्छ। ‘मदिरा’ भन्नाले सबै किसिमका स्वदेशी तथा विदेशी रक्सी र बियर पर्छन्। मदिरा खुवाउने होटेल वा पसलले दिउँसो १२ बजेअघि र राति १२ बजे (शुक्रबार राति १ बजे) पछि मदिरा बेच्न वा खुवाउन पाउँदैन, र होटेलले ती समयपछि मनोरञ्जन वा नाचगानको व्यवस्था गर्न पाउँदैन; नेपाल सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी यो समय घटबढ गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Preamble and Section 2, pp. 2–3; Section 3, p. 3
  • Hotel owners must record each guest's name, citizenship, occupation, date of arrival and address; give a vacant room to any guest who asks, except one with an infectious disease; serve clean food at fair prices; look after guests' safety; keep guests' valuables safely against a receipt; keep the hotel clean; and serve alcohol only inside the premises and not to the point that guests lose control. Obscene or indecent entertainment or dance shows are banned.होटेल मालिकले प्रत्येक ग्राहकको नाम, नागरिकता, पेशा, आएको मिति र ठेगाना लेखाउनुपर्छ; कोठा खाली भएमा सरुवा वा संक्रामक रोग लागेकाबाहेक अरू ग्राहकलाई बस्न दिनुपर्छ; उचित दाममा सफा खाना खुवाउनुपर्छ; ग्राहकको सुरक्षाको हेरविचार गर्नुपर्छ; ग्राहकले जिम्मा दिएका मूल्यवान् सामान रसिद दिई सुरक्षित राख्नुपर्छ; होटेल सफा राख्नुपर्छ; र मदिरा होटेलभित्र मात्र तथा ग्राहकले होस गुमाउने गरी नहुने गरी खुवाउनुपर्छ। अश्लील वा लज्जास्पद मनोरञ्जन वा नाचगान देखाउन पाइँदैन। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 4–5, pp. 4–5
  • Alcohol may not be sold or served to minors or to people who are already drunk, and drunk people may not knowingly be let into a hotel or shop. The federal, provincial or local government can ban the sale and serving of alcohol in specified hotels, shops or areas by notice in its gazette.बालबालिका र मदिराले मातिसकेका व्यक्तिलाई मदिरा बेच्न वा खुवाउन पाइँदैन, र मातेका व्यक्तिलाई जानीजानी होटेल वा पसलमा प्रवेश गराउन पाइँदैन। नेपाल सरकार, प्रदेश सरकार वा स्थानीय तहले आफ्नो राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी तोकिएका होटेल, पसल वा क्षेत्रमा मदिरा बेच्न र खुवाउन निषेध गर्न सक्छन्। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 7–9, pp. 5–6
  • An officer designated under the rules can fine a hotel or shop owner up to Rs 100,000 for breaking the rules on hours, duties or serving minors and drunk people, and can order the premises closed; obscene shows draw a fine of up to Rs 100,000 and must be stopped; breaching an area ban or admitting drunk people can draw up to three months' imprisonment, a fine of up to Rs 25,000, or both. Penalties can be appealed to the District Court.समय, होटेल मालिकको कर्तव्य वा बालबालिका र मातेकालाई मदिरा खुवाउने सम्बन्धी व्यवस्था उल्लङ्घन गर्ने होटेल वा पसलको मालिकलाई तोकिएको अधिकारीले एक लाख रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना गर्न र आवश्यक भए होटेल वा पसल बन्द गर्ने आदेश दिन सक्छ; अश्लील नाचगान देखाएमा एक लाख रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना हुन्छ र त्यस्तो कार्यक्रम बन्द गराइन्छ; क्षेत्रगत निषेध तोडेमा वा मातेकालाई प्रवेश गराएमा तीन महिनासम्म कैद वा पच्चीस हजार रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना वा दुवै सजाय हुन सक्छ। सजायउपर जिल्ला अदालतमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 10–11, p. 6

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