- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०४३ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड २: अदालत तथा न्याय प्रशासन · Volume 2: Courts and Administration of Justice
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
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 sets up a Judicial Fund as a revolving fund so that court fees, fines, deposits and bail money that must be refunded can be paid back quickly, and so that court buildings and housing for judges and court staff can be built and maintained.फिर्ता गर्नुपर्ने अदालती शुल्क, दण्ड जरिवाना, धरौटी वा जमानतको रकम छिटो फिर्ता दिन तथा अदालत भवन र न्यायाधीश एवं कर्मचारीको आवास बनाउन र मर्मत गर्न यो ऐनले आवर्ती कोष (रिभल्भिङ फन्ड) का रूपमा न्यायिक कोष स्थापना गरेको छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Preamble, p. 1; Section 3, p. 2
- The Fund holds government grants and the deposits or bail money lodged by parties to cases. It may be spent on refunds ordered by law or by a court, on rewards a court orders, on building, extending and repairing court buildings and staff housing (including buying land), and on other judicial work; refunds and rewards paid out are reimbursed to the Fund by the government.कोषमा सरकारी अनुदान र मुद्दाका पक्षले राखेको धरौटी वा जमानत रकम रहन्छ। कानून वा अदालतको आदेशअनुसार फिर्ता दिनुपर्ने रकम, अदालतले दिन भनेको पुरस्कार, अदालत भवन र आवास निर्माण, विस्तार, मर्मत (आवश्यक भए जग्गा खरिदसमेत) र अन्य न्यायिक काममा कोषको रकम खर्च हुन्छ; फिर्ता र पुरस्कारबापत तिरेको रकम सरकारले कोषलाई सोधभर्ना गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Sections 4–6, pp. 2–3
- The Fund is run by a board chaired by the Chief Justice, with the senior-most Supreme Court justice, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs as members and the Supreme Court Registrar as member-secretary. The board sets its own procedure and may delegate powers to judges or court staff; the government makes rules on the board's recommendation.कोष सञ्चालन गर्न प्रधान न्यायाधीशको अध्यक्षतामा सर्वोच्च अदालतका वरिष्ठ न्यायाधीश, महान्यायाधिवक्ता र कानून, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालयका सचिव सदस्य र सर्वोच्च अदालतका रजिस्ट्रार सदस्य–सचिव रहेको सञ्चालक समिति रहन्छ। समितिले आफ्नो कार्यविधि आफैँ बनाउँछ र न्यायाधीश वा कर्मचारीलाई अधिकार सुम्पन सक्छ; समितिको सिफारिसमा सरकारले नियम बनाउँछ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Sections 7–10, 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.