- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०५८ 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 establishes the Armed Police Force, Nepal, headed by an Inspector General of the Armed Police with a four-year term and headquartered in the Kathmandu Valley. The government supervises, controls and directs the Force, and the Force must follow the government's orders and instructions.यो ऐनले सशस्त्र प्रहरी बल, नेपालको गठन गरेको छ, जसको प्रमुख चार वर्ष पदावधि हुने सशस्त्र प्रहरी महानिरीक्षक हुन्छन् र प्रधान कार्यालय काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा रहन्छ। बलको रेखदेख, नियन्त्रण र निर्देशन गर्ने अधिकार नेपाल सरकारलाई हुन्छ, र सरकारको आदेश तथा निर्देशन पालना गर्नु बलको कर्तव्य हो। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–5, p. 3; Section 9(2), p. 6
- The government may deploy the Force to control armed conflict, armed rebellion or separatist activity, terrorist activity and riots; to help rescue people in disasters and epidemics; to rescue kidnapped people and control serious crime or unrest; to guard the border; to assist the Nepali Army under its command if there is external attack; to protect public buildings and structures and people the government decides to protect; and for other tasks the government assigns. When the Force is deployed, the government must inform the National Security Council and a Central Security Committee, chaired by the Home Minister, at least once a week.नेपाल सरकारले सशस्त्र सङ्घर्ष, सशस्त्र विद्रोह वा पृथकतावादी गतिविधि, आतङ्ककारी गतिविधि र दङ्गा नियन्त्रण गर्न; दैवी प्रकोप र महामारीमा उद्धारमा सहयोग गर्न; अपहरित व्यक्तिको उद्धार र गम्भीर अपराध वा अशान्ति नियन्त्रण गर्न; सीमा सुरक्षा गर्न; बाह्य आक्रमणको अवस्थामा नेपाली सेनाको मातहतमा रही सहयोग गर्न; सरकारले तोकेका सार्वजनिक महत्त्वका भवन र संरचना तथा व्यक्तिको सुरक्षा गर्न; र सरकारले तोकेका अन्य काममा सशस्त्र प्रहरी परिचालन गर्न सक्छ। परिचालन गरेमा सरकारले कम्तीमा हप्तामा एक पटक राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षा परिषद् र गृहमन्त्रीको अध्यक्षतामा रहने केन्द्रीय सुरक्षा समितिलाई जानकारी दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 6, pp. 3–5; Section 7, p. 5
- Recruitment and promotion of officers are recommended by an Armed Police Service Commission chaired by the Chair or a member of the Public Service Commission. The Act sets service conditions, departmental action and suspension, and a list of offences by Force members, punishable by up to life imprisonment for the most serious ones.अधिकृतको नियुक्ति र बढुवाका लागि लोक सेवा आयोगका अध्यक्ष वा सदस्यको अध्यक्षतामा रहने सशस्त्र प्रहरी सेवा आयोगले सिफारिस गर्छ। ऐनले सेवाका शर्त, विभागीय कारबाही र निलम्बन, तथा सशस्त्र प्रहरीले गर्ने कसुर र तिनको सजाय तोकेको छ, जसमा सबैभन्दा गम्भीर कसुरमा जन्मकैदसम्मको सजाय हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 11, p. 6; Sections 19–20, pp. 8–9; Section 27, pp. 11–13
- Offences under the Act by Force members are tried by an Armed Police Special Court based in Kathmandu that includes a judicial-service officer; its decisions can be appealed to the High Court within 35 days.सशस्त्र प्रहरीले गरेका यस ऐनअन्तर्गतका कसुरको मुद्दा न्याय सेवाका अधिकृतसमेत रहने, काठमाडौँमा रहने सशस्त्र प्रहरी विशेष अदालतले हेर्छ; त्यसको निर्णयउपर ३५ दिनभित्र उच्च अदालतमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 28–33, pp. 13–14
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Outdated The law has not been updated for the federal structure. The Auditor General reported that a bill to amend and consolidate the law on the Armed Police Force, Nepal (2081) had been registered in the Federal Parliament Secretariat but had not been enacted, and said laws should be brought in line with the governance structure.सङ्घीय संरचनाअनुसार कानून अद्यावधिक भएको छैन। महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार सशस्त्र प्रहरी बल, नेपाल सम्बन्धी कानूनलाई संशोधन र एकीकरण गर्न बनेको विधेयक, २०८१ सङ्घीय संसद् सचिवालयमा दर्ता भए पनि कानून बनेको छैन, र शासकीय संरचनाअनुसार कानूनी व्यवस्था गर्नुपर्ने देखिएको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd Annual Report, MoHA chapter, para 9, printed p. 265 (PDF p. 297)
- Unclear Fees for guarding projects are unclear. Section 6 lets the government deploy the Force to protect public structures. The Auditor General found 419 Armed Police personnel posted at 14 sites, including hydropower and national pride projects, some of which are separately registered entities, without clarity on the pay and service fee payable for that security; by comparison the Nepali Army had deposited Rs 205.3 million into the Consolidated Fund as a fee for guarding Nepal Rastra Bank.आयोजनाको सुरक्षाबापतको शुल्क अस्पष्ट छ। दफा ६ ले सार्वजनिक संरचनाको सुरक्षाका लागि सरकारलाई सशस्त्र प्रहरी परिचालन गर्ने अधिकार दिन्छ। महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार जलविद्युत् र राष्ट्रिय गौरवका आयोजनासहित १४ स्थानमा ४१९ सशस्त्र प्रहरी खटाइएको छ, जसमध्ये कतिपय छुट्टै अस्तित्व भएका दर्ता संस्था हुन्, तर सुरक्षा सेवाबापत लाग्ने पारिश्रमिक र सेवा शुल्कबारे स्पष्टता छैन; तुलनामा नेपाली सेनाले नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकको सुरक्षाबापत रु. २० करोड ५३ लाख १९ हजार सेवा शुल्क सञ्चित कोषमा दाखिला गरेको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal OAG 63rd Annual Report, MoHA chapter, Armed Police Force para 31, printed pp. 273–274 (PDF pp. 305–306); Act s. 6(1)(i)–(j), p. 4
Ideas to fix it
- Make the fee for security services provided by the Armed Police Force clear.सशस्त्र प्रहरीले उपलब्ध गराउने सुरक्षा सेवाबापतको शुल्कबारे स्पष्टता ल्याउने। 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
- सशस्त्र प्रहरी (चौथो संशोधन) नियमावली, २०८२ Status not yet confirmed
- सशस्त्र प्रहरी (तेस्रो संशोधन) नियमावली, २०८० Status not yet confirmed
- सशस्त्र प्रहरी नियमावली, २०७२ In force