- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०३४ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड ४: आन्तरिक प्रशासन · Volume 4: Internal Administration
- 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: 2049 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?
- No one may set up a social, religious, literary, cultural, scientific, educational, professional or charitable organisation (including clubs, councils and friendship associations) without registering it under this Act, unless another Act provides for its registration. Seven or more people apply to the 'local officer' (the Chief District Officer unless the government names another officer) with the organisation's name, objectives, managing committee members, funding sources, address and a copy of its constitution.अर्को ऐनमा छुट्टै व्यवस्था भएकोबाहेक सामाजिक, धार्मिक, साहित्यिक, सांस्कृतिक, वैज्ञानिक, शैक्षिक, व्यावसायिक वा परोपकारी संस्था (क्लब, परिषद्, मैत्री संघसमेत) यस ऐनअनुसार दर्ता नगरी खोल्न पाइँदैन। सात वा सोभन्दा बढी व्यक्तिले संस्थाको नाम, उद्देश्य, प्रबन्ध समितिका सदस्य, आर्थिक स्रोत, ठेगाना र विधानको प्रतिसहित 'स्थानीय अधिकारी' (सरकारले अर्को अधिकारी नतोकेसम्म प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी) समक्ष निवेदन दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 2(क)–(ख), 3, 4(1), PDF pp. 1–2; Section 16, PDF p. 5
- The local officer registers the organisation and issues a certificate after inquiry; a refusal can be challenged within 35 days before an officer named by the government. A registered organisation is a body corporate with perpetual succession that can own property and sue and be sued. Certificate validity and renewal are set by regulation.स्थानीय अधिकारीले आवश्यक जाँचबुझ गरी संस्था दर्ता गरी प्रमाणपत्र दिन्छ; दर्ता नगर्ने निर्णयउपर ३५ दिनभित्र सरकारले तोकेको अधिकारीसमक्ष उजुरी गर्न सकिन्छ। दर्ता भएको संस्था अविच्छिन्न उत्तराधिकारवाला सङ्गठित संस्था हुन्छ; यसले सम्पत्ति राख्न र आफ्नो नामबाट नालिस गर्न तथा नालिस खेप्न सक्छ। प्रमाणपत्रको अवधि र नवीकरण नियमावलीले तोक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 4(2)–(5), PDF pp. 2–3; Section 5, PDF p. 3
- Each year the managing committee must send its accounts with the auditor's report to the local officer, who may order an inspection of the accounts (charging a fee of up to 3% of the cash balance found) and act to recover misused property. Changing an organisation's objectives or merging it needs a two-thirds vote of a special general meeting and the local officer's prior approval. The government may give organisations directions they must follow.प्रबन्ध समितिले हरेक वर्ष लेखापरीक्षकको प्रतिवेदनसहित हिसाबको विवरण स्थानीय अधिकारीकहाँ पठाउनुपर्छ। स्थानीय अधिकारीले हिसाब जाँच गराउन (जाँचमा देखिएको मौज्दातको बढीमा तीन प्रतिशतसम्म दस्तुर लिई) र दुरुपयोग भएको सम्पत्ति असुल गर्न कारबाही चलाउन सक्छ। संस्थाको उद्देश्य हेरफेर गर्न वा अर्को संस्थामा गाभ्न असाधारण सभाको दुई तिहाइ समर्थन र स्थानीय अधिकारीको पूर्वस्वीकृति चाहिन्छ। नेपाल सरकारले संस्थालाई निर्देशन दिन सक्छ र त्यो पालना गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 8–11, PDF pp. 3–4
- The local officer can fine committee members up to Rs 2,000 each for running an unregistered organisation and up to Rs 500 each for not sending accounts, and can suspend or cancel the registration of an organisation that changes its objectives without approval, acts against its objectives or ignores government directions; appeals go to the District Court within 35 days. If an organisation is dissolved, its property passes to the Government of Nepal.दर्ता नगरी संस्था चलाएमा प्रबन्ध समितिका प्रत्येक सदस्यलाई दुई हजार रुपैयाँसम्म र हिसाब विवरण नपठाएमा प्रत्येकलाई पाँच सय रुपैयाँसम्म जरिवाना स्थानीय अधिकारीले गर्न सक्छ। स्वीकृतिबिना उद्देश्य हेरफेर गरेमा, उद्देश्यविपरीत काम गरेमा वा सरकारको निर्देशन नमानेमा स्थानीय अधिकारीले संस्थाको दर्ता निलम्बन वा खारेज गर्न सक्छ; यसउपर ३५ दिनभित्र जिल्ला अदालतमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ। संस्था विघटन भएमा त्यसको सबै सम्पत्ति नेपाल सरकारमा जान्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 12–14, PDF pp. 4–5
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Outdated In both its 62nd and 63rd annual reports, the Auditor General listed the Association Registration Act, 2034 among home-administration Acts and regulations that 'have not been amended to fit the federal structure'. The consolidated text has not been amended since 2072 and still gives registration and supervision powers only to the federally appointed local officer (the Chief District Officer).महालेखापरीक्षकले ६२औँ र ६३औँ दुवै वार्षिक प्रतिवेदनमा संस्था दर्ता ऐन, २०३४ लगायतका गृह प्रशासनसम्बन्धी ऐन–नियम सङ्घीय संरचना अनुकूल हुने गरी संशोधन नभएको उल्लेख गरेको छ। ऐनको एकीकृत पाठमा २०७२ पछि संशोधन भएको छैन, र दर्ता तथा सुपरिवेक्षणको अधिकार अझै सङ्घले तोकेको स्थानीय अधिकारी (प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी) मा मात्र छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd report, Home Affairs chapter para 9 (PDF p. 297, printed p. 265); OAG 62nd report, Home Affairs chapter para 10 (PDF p. 333, printed p. 303); Act title page amendment list and Section 2(ख), PDF pp. 1–2
- Unclear Registration is now split between levels of government: the High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission noted that non-profit NGOs can register with the District Administration Office under federal law, while since 2078 almost all municipalities have passed their own association registration laws to register organisations at municipal level. It listed confusion about where to register as one of the problems of the current registration system.दर्ताको व्यवस्था तहगत रूपमा बाँडिएको छ: उच्चस्तरीय आर्थिक सुधार सुझाव आयोगका अनुसार गैरनाफामूलक गैरसरकारी संस्था सङ्घीय कानूनअन्तर्गत जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयमा दर्ता हुन सक्छन् भने २०७८ पछि प्रायः सबै नगरपालिकाले आफ्नै संस्था दर्ता ऐन बनाई पालिकास्तरमा संघसंस्था दर्ता गर्न थालेका छन्। कहाँ दर्ता गर्ने भन्ने अलमल हालको दर्ता प्रणालीको एउटा समस्या भएको आयोगले उल्लेख गरेको छ। High-Level Economic Reform Commission (उच्चस्तरीय आर्थिक सुधार सुझाव आयोग), submitted to the Ministry of Finance Business registration section, paras 1(ग) and 2(क) (PDF p. 210, printed p. 143)
Ideas to fix it
- Amend home-administration laws, including this Act, in line with the federal governance structure.यो ऐनसहित गृह प्रशासनसम्बन्धी कानूनलाई शासकीय संरचनाअनुसार संशोधन गर्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (63rd Annual Report) 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
- संस्था दर्ता नियमावली, २०३४ In force