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Passport Act, 2024 BS

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Type
Act
Year
२०२४ BS
Status
Repealed
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What does it do?

Summary updated 2026-10-21

  • This historical Act concerns passports issued to Nepali citizens travelling abroad. It was published on 2024/06/11 BS, commenced immediately and applied throughout Nepal and to Nepali citizens wherever they lived. The reviewed consolidation lists amendments through 2074/06/30 BS. Its short framework should not be used as a current passport-application checklist, fee schedule or statement of present eligibility.यो ऐतिहासिक ऐन विदेश जाने नेपाली नागरिकलाई जारी गरिने राहदानीसम्बन्धी हो। यो २०२४/०६/११ मा प्रकाशित भई तत्काल प्रारम्भ भएको थियो र नेपालभर तथा जहाँसुकै बसेका नेपाली नागरिकलाई लागू हुन्थ्यो। जाँचिएको सङ्कलित पाठमा २०७४/०६/३० सम्मका संशोधन सूचीबद्ध छन्। यसको छोटो संरचनालाई अहिलेको राहदानी आवेदन सूची, दस्तुर तालिका वा वर्तमान योग्यताको विवरणका रूपमा प्रयोग गर्नु हुँदैन। Area Administration Office Huwas, Ministry of Home Affairs / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Preamble, amendment list and section 1; PDF page 1
  • Sections 2 and 3 defined a passport as a government-issued travel document specifying countries and time, and generally required a valid passport issued in the traveller’s own name for foreign travel. The exception depended on a treaty or agreement between Nepal and the relevant foreign government dispensing with a passport for that journey. It was not a general exemption for all travel or an automatic right to enter another country.दफा २ र ३ ले राहदानीलाई देश र समय तोकी सरकारले दिने यात्रासम्बन्धी लिखत मानेका थिए र विदेश जाँदा सामान्यतः यात्रुको आफ्नै नाममा जारी भएको बहाल राहदानी चाहिने व्यवस्था गरेका थिए। अपवाद नेपाल र सम्बन्धित विदेशी सरकारबीचको सन्धि वा सम्झौताले त्यो यात्रामा राहदानी नचाहिने व्यवस्था गरेको अवस्थामा निर्भर थियो। यो सबै यात्रामा लागू हुने छुट वा अर्को देश प्रवेशको स्वतः अधिकार थिएन। Area Administration Office Huwas, Ministry of Home Affairs / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 2–3; PDF page 2
  • The government and authorized Nepali embassies or other missions abroad could issue passports. Section 4 also addressed refusal by the issuing authority, withdrawal or cancellation by government, and the traveller’s duty to comply with relevant government orders and directions. The reviewed amended text referred to giving a reason; deleted wording and amendment footnotes must not be restored from an older edition. These provisions describe the historical allocation of powers, not an assessment of a current refusal or cancellation.सरकार र अधिकारप्राप्त विदेशस्थित नेपाली राजदूतावास वा अन्य नियोगले राहदानी जारी गर्न सक्थे। दफा ४ ले जारी गर्ने अधिकारीबाट अस्वीकार, सरकारबाट राहदानी फिर्ता लिने वा रद्द गर्ने काम तथा सम्बन्धित सरकारी आदेश र निर्देशन पालना गर्ने यात्रुको कर्तव्य समेटेको थियो। जाँचिएको संशोधित पाठमा कारण खुलाउने शब्दावली छ; हटाइएको शब्द वा संशोधन टिप्पणीलाई पुरानो संस्करणबाट पुनः थप्नु हुँदैन। यी प्रावधानले ऐतिहासिक अधिकार बाँडफाँट बुझाउँछन्, अहिलेको अस्वीकार वा रद्द गर्ने निर्णयको मूल्याङ्कन गर्दैनन्। Area Administration Office Huwas, Ministry of Home Affairs / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Section 4 and amendment footnotes; PDF page 2
  • The amended offence provisions separated using another person’s passport or allowing another person to use one’s own from knowingly false applications, travel contrary to section 3, non-compliance with directions and use for an unauthorized purpose. The reviewed text set different maximum imprisonment and fine levels for those groups and a separate residual offence. Section 6 made the government the prosecutor and allowed arrest without a warrant only on reasonable grounds to suspect a section 5 offence or attempt, followed by presentation to a police officer of at least inspector rank. These historical criminal provisions require later-law review before any practical interpretation.संशोधित कसुर व्यवस्थाले अर्काको राहदानी प्रयोग गर्ने वा आफ्नो राहदानी अर्कालाई प्रयोग गर्न दिने कामलाई जानीजानी झुट्टा विवरणसहित आवेदन दिने, दफा ३ विपरीत यात्रा गर्ने, निर्देशन नमान्ने र अनुमत उद्देश्यबाहिर प्रयोग गर्ने कामबाट छुट्याएको थियो। जाँचिएको पाठमा ती समूहका लागि कैद र जरिवानाका फरक अधिकतम सीमा तथा बाँकी उल्लङ्घनका लागि अलग कसुर छ। दफा ६ ले सरकारवादी मुद्दा र दफा ५ को कसुर वा उद्योग भएको शङ्काका मनासिब आधारमा मात्र बिना वारेन्ट पक्राउ गरी कम्तीमा इन्स्पेक्टर दर्जाको प्रहरीसमक्ष पेस गर्ने व्यवस्था राखेको थियो। व्यवहारमा अर्थ लगाउनुअघि यी ऐतिहासिक फौजदारी प्रावधानमा पछिल्ला कानूनको प्रभाव जाँच्नुपर्छ। Area Administration Office Huwas, Ministry of Home Affairs / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 5–6; PDF pages 2–3
  • Section 7 delegated rule-making on passport classifications and conditions, issue fees, renewal and related fees. The Act itself did not set out the modern appointment, biometric or electronic-passport process. Those operational questions cannot be answered by filling gaps in this historical text with assumptions; its role here is to explain the earlier legal framework.दफा ७ ले राहदानीको वर्गीकरण र सर्त, जारी गर्दा लाग्ने दस्तुर, नवीकरण र त्यससम्बन्धी दस्तुरबारे नियम बनाउने अधिकार दिएको थियो। ऐनले आफैं आधुनिक समय-बुकिङ, जैविक विवरण वा विद्युतीय राहदानीको प्रक्रिया खुलाएको छैन। ऐतिहासिक पाठका खाली ठाउँमा अनुमान थपेर ती सञ्चालनसम्बन्धी प्रश्नको उत्तर दिन मिल्दैन; यहाँ यसको भूमिका अघिल्लो कानूनी संरचना बुझाउनु हो। Area Administration Office Huwas, Ministry of Home Affairs / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Section 7; PDF page 3

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