- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०४२ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड ५: सुरक्षा प्रशासन · Volume 5: Security 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: 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?
- The Act lets the government form the Nepal Special Service to maintain national security, and sets up the National Investigation Department under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (replacing the former Nepal Public Relations Head Office) to run it. The Department's functions, and staff recruitment, promotion and dismissal, are set by regulations, which the government is not required to publish.राष्ट्रको सुरक्षा कायम राख्न सरकारलाई नेपाल विशेष सेवा गठन गर्ने अधिकार यो ऐनले दिन्छ, र त्यसको काम चलाउन प्रधानमन्त्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद्को कार्यालयअन्तर्गत राष्ट्रिय अनुसन्धान विभाग (साबिकको नेपाल जनसम्पर्क प्रधान कार्यालयको सट्टा) स्थापना गर्छ। विभागको काम, कर्तव्य र कर्मचारीको नियुक्ति, बढुवा र बर्खास्ती नियमावलीले तोक्छ, जुन सरकारले सार्वजनिक रूपमा प्रकाशित गर्दैन। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–6, pp. 1–2; Section 12, p. 4
- The government may assign the Department to investigate any matter it considers necessary; investigating officers then have the powers police have under the Police Act 2012, and the government prosecutes wrongdoing that is found. Government offices and individuals must help staff who show a Department identity card.सरकारले आवश्यक ठानेको जुनसुकै विषयमा राष्ट्रिय अनुसन्धान विभागलाई अनुसन्धान गर्न लगाउन सक्छ; त्यस्तो बेला अनुसन्धान गर्ने अधिकृतले प्रहरी ऐन, २०१२ बमोजिम प्रहरीलाई भएको अधिकार प्रयोग गर्न सक्छन्, र अनियमितता देखिए सरकारले मुद्दा चलाउँछ। विभागको परिचयपत्र लिई आउने कर्मचारीलाई सरकारी कार्यालय र व्यक्तिले सहयोग गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 5क–5ख, p. 2
- Staff cannot be questioned by any body or court about what information they gathered, when, or to whom they gave it (except in prosecutions under this Act), and no one can be forced to disclose the Department's secret documents. Staff must not misuse their position or breach secrecy, even after leaving; violations carry up to ten years' prison or a Rs 10,000 fine plus compensation for losses.विभागका कर्मचारीले के खबर कहिले र कसलाई दिए भन्नेबारे (यस ऐनअन्तर्गतको मुद्दाबाहेक) कुनै निकाय वा अदालतमा प्रश्न गरिँदैन, र विभागका गोप्य कागजात प्रकट गर्न कसैलाई बाध्य पारिँदैन। कर्मचारीले पदको दुरुपयोग वा सेवामा रहँदा वा छाडेपछि पनि गोपनीयता भङ्ग गर्न पाउँदैनन्; उल्लङ्घन गरेमा दश वर्षसम्म कैद वा रु. १०,००० सम्म जरिवाना र हानिको क्षतिपूर्ति हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 7–9, pp. 2–3
- Offences are tried in camera by a court the government designates in the Gazette, using Special Court procedure; the accused may be detained during investigation on a written record of reasons that cannot be challenged, and appeals go to a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court.कसूरको मुद्दा सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना निकालेर तोकेको अदालतले विशेष अदालतको कार्यविधि अपनाई बन्द इजलासमा हेर्छ; कारण खुलाई पर्चा खडा गरेर अनुसन्धानका क्रममा अभियुक्तलाई थुनामा राख्न सकिन्छ, जसउपर उजुरी लाग्दैन, र सर्वोच्च अदालतको कम्तीमा तीन न्यायाधीशको इजलासमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 10–11, pp. 3–4
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.