- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०६३ 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
Includes amendments up to: 2063 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 sets up the Nepal Law Commission to draft new laws, codify, consolidate, amend and review existing laws, and research law and justice. Its chair is someone who has served as or is qualified to be a Supreme Court justice; the vice-chair and up to three members (at least one a woman) are senior lawyers, judicial-service officers or legal scholars with 15 years' experience. All are appointed by the Government of Nepal on the recommendation of a committee led by the Law Minister, with the chair of the House's law committee and the president of the Nepal Bar Association. Senior officials of the law ministry, the Prime Minister's Office and the Attorney General's Office are ex-officio members.नयाँ कानूनको तर्जुमा, संहिताकरण, प्रचलित कानूनको संशोधन, एकीकरण र पुनरावलोकन तथा कानून र न्यायसम्बन्धी अध्ययन–अनुसन्धान गर्न यो ऐनले नेपाल कानून आयोग स्थापना गरेको छ। सर्वोच्च अदालतको न्यायाधीश भइसकेका वा हुने योग्यता पुगेका व्यक्ति अध्यक्ष हुन्छन्; उपाध्यक्ष र बढीमा तीन जना सदस्य (कम्तीमा एक महिला) पन्ध्र वर्ष अनुभव भएका वरिष्ठ कानून व्यवसायी, न्याय सेवाका अधिकृत वा कानूनका प्राध्यापक–अनुसन्धाताबाट हुन्छन्। कानूनमन्त्रीको संयोजकत्वमा प्रतिनिधि सभाको कानून समितिका सभापति र नेपाल बार एसोसिएसनका अध्यक्ष रहेको समितिको सिफारिसमा नेपाल सरकारले उनीहरूलाई नियुक्त गर्छ। कानून मन्त्रालय, प्रधानमन्त्री कार्यालय र महान्यायाधिवक्ताको कार्यालयका वरिष्ठ अधिकारी पदेन सदस्य हुन्छन्। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 3–4, PDF pp. 2–3
- Members must be Nepali citizens aged at least 45 with at least a law degree and no conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude. The chair and vice-chair serve five-year terms and other members two years; a post falls vacant at age 70. Up to five eminent experts may be appointed honorary members.पदाधिकारी नेपाली नागरिक, पैँतालीस वर्ष उमेर पूरा भएका, कानूनमा कम्तीमा स्नातक गरेका र नैतिक पतन देखिने फौजदारी अभियोगमा सजाय नपाएका हुनुपर्छ। अध्यक्ष र उपाध्यक्षको पदावधि पाँच वर्ष र सदस्यको दुई वर्ष हुन्छ; सत्तरी वर्ष उमेर पुगेपछि पद रिक्त हुन्छ। बढीमा पाँच जना लब्धप्रतिष्ठित विज्ञलाई मानार्थ सदस्य बनाउन सकिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 5–8, PDF pp. 3–4
- The Commission prepares draft codes and bills with explanatory notes for the government; studies laws that are unused, contradictory, discriminatory, against human rights or unenforced and recommends repealing or amending them; checks whether laws match Supreme Court precedents; suggests how to bring treaty obligations into domestic law; and consults the public and other bodies on drafts. It reports annually to the government within 60 days of the fiscal year's end, and its spending is met by the government.आयोगले संहिता र कानूनका मस्यौदा व्याख्यात्मक टिप्पणीसहित सरकारसमक्ष पेस गर्छ; प्रयोग नभएका, आपसमा बाझिएका, विभेदकारी, मानव अधिकारविरोधी वा कार्यान्वयन हुन नसकेका कानूनको अध्ययन गरी खारेज, संशोधन वा पुनरावलोकनको सुझाव दिन्छ; सर्वोच्च अदालतले प्रतिपादन गरेका सिद्धान्तअनुरूप कानून छन् कि छैनन् भनी अध्ययन गर्छ; सन्धि–सम्झौताका प्रावधान कानूनमा समावेश गर्न सुझाव दिन्छ; र मस्यौदामा जनस्तर तथा सम्बन्धित निकायसँग परामर्श गर्छ। आर्थिक वर्ष सकिएको ६० दिनभित्र आयोगले वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन सरकारसमक्ष पेस गर्नुपर्छ, र आयोगको खर्च नेपाल सरकारले व्यहोर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 10, PDF pp. 5–6; Sections 20 and 22, PDF p. 9
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.