Raptidun Development Area's Lands (Sale and Distribution) Act,

What does it do?

• The Act deals with land in the Rapti Valley (Raptidun) development area, the area within the boundaries listed in its schedule. Where the Government considers it necessary to re-examine and redistribute land there, it may form a one- or three-member commission by notified order; the commission uses Special Court procedures, may examine how land was obtained, and may confiscate land obtained in breach of the rules under the Regional Development Plans (Implementation) Act, 2013 or held in breach of their conditions (though current occupiers may be allowed to keep using it under law). Commission members and staff and their families may not acquire land in the area during redistribution.यो ऐन अनुसूचीमा उल्लिखित चार किल्लाभित्रको राप्तीदून विकास क्षेत्रको जग्गासँग सम्बन्धित छ। त्यहाँको जग्गा छानबिन गरी पुनः बिक्री वितरण गर्न आवश्यक ठानेमा नेपाल सरकारले सूचित आदेशद्वारा एक वा तीन सदस्यीय आयोग गठन गर्न सक्छ; आयोगले विशेष अदालतको कार्यप्रणाली अपनाउँछ, जग्गा कसरी प्राप्त भयो भनी जाँचबुझ गर्छ, र प्रादेशिक विकास योजनाहरू (कार्यान्वित गर्ने) ऐन, २०१३ अन्तर्गतका नियमविपरीत पाएको वा सर्त पालना नगरेको जग्गा जफत गर्न सक्छ (भोगचलन गरिरहेकालाई कानूनबमोजिम भोगचलनसम्म गर्न दिन सकिन्छ)। पुनः वितरण हुँदा आयोगका सदस्य, कर्मचारी वा तिनका परिवारले त्यस क्षेत्रमा जग्गा लिन पाउँदैनन्। Nepal Law Commission Sections 2–5, 10–11, pp. 2–5
• Confiscated land is resold or distributed by the commission, with priority to the household that has been clearing and farming it, under conditions: those who fail to prove their claim must leave without compensation, and land needed for forest boundaries or rhinoceros protection must be vacated within the period set by the Government, with compensation under law. Recipients may not sell or gift the land until they have paid its price and farmed it themselves for three years, failing which it reverts to the Government.जफत भएको जग्गा आयोगले पुनः बिक्री वितरण गर्छ, जसमा जग्गा आबाद गरी कमाइरहेको परिवारलाई प्राथमिकता हुन्छ, र सर्तहरू लागू हुन्छन्: दाबी प्रमाणित नभएमा क्षतिपूर्ति नपाई जग्गा छाड्नुपर्छ, र वन सिमाना कायम गर्न वा गैँडाको संरक्षणका लागि आवश्यक जग्गा सरकारले तोकेको म्यादभित्र खाली गर्नुपर्छ, जसमा कानूनबमोजिम क्षतिपूर्ति दिइन्छ। जग्गा पाउनेले मोल बुझाई तीन वर्षसम्म आफैँ आबाद नगरेसम्म जग्गा बेच्न वा दान दिन पाउँदैन, नत्र जग्गा सरकारमा जान्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 12–14, pp. 5–7
• The commission's decisions can be appealed, the Government may change members or dissolve the commission, and the Act provides for registration of distributed land and assessment and collection of land tax.आयोगको निर्णयउपर पुनरावेदन लाग्छ, सरकारले सदस्य हेरफेर गर्न वा आयोग विघटन गर्न सक्छ, र वितरण भएको जग्गाको दर्ता, पोत निर्धारण र असुलीको व्यवस्था ऐनमा छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 7, 9, 15–16, pp. 4, 7–8

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.

Regulations and rules made under it

• राप्तीदून विकास क्षेत्रको जमीनको (बिक्री वितरण) व्यवस्था नियमहरु, २०२४ In force