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- २०६४ BS
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- खण्ड ४: आन्तरिक प्रशासन · Volume 4: Internal Administration
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Includes amendments up to: 2065 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 government may confer state honours (decorations) on Nepali citizens who have made outstanding contributions in political, economic, social, cultural, research and other fields of national life, and on foreigners of international renown or who have contributed to Nepal. Decorations are given on a national day chosen by the government, and the names, the honour and the person's contribution are made public and published in the Nepal Gazette.राष्ट्रिय जीवनका राजनीतिक, आर्थिक, सामाजिक, सांस्कृतिक, अन्वेषणात्मकलगायतका क्षेत्रमा विशिष्ट योगदान पुर्याउने नेपाली नागरिकलाई, र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय ख्यातिप्राप्त वा नेपालको हितमा योगदान पुर्याउने विदेशीलाई नेपाल सरकारले विभूषण प्रदान गर्न सक्छ। विभूषण सरकारले तोकेको राष्ट्रिय दिवसका दिन प्रदान गरिन्छ, र पाउनेको नाम, विभूषणको प्रकार र उसको योगदानसहितको सूचना सार्वजनिक गरी नेपाल राजपत्रमा प्रकाशित गरिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 3, pp. 1–2
- A Decoration Committee chaired by the senior Deputy Prime Minister (or the senior-most minister), with the Home Minister and six people of distinguished contribution named by the Cabinet on an inclusive basis (including women), and the Home Secretary as member-secretary, recommends recipients to the Cabinet. Nominations come from designated authorities: the Foreign Minister for foreign dignitaries, heads of constitutional bodies for their staff, ministers for their ministries, provincial chief ministers for provincial officials, and the Home Minister for others, including names sent by local governments.वरिष्ठ उपप्रधानमन्त्री (नभए मन्त्रिपरिषद्का वरिष्ठ मन्त्री) को अध्यक्षतामा गृहमन्त्री, मन्त्रिपरिषद्ले समावेशी आधारमा तोकेका महिलासहित छ जना विशिष्ट व्यक्ति सदस्य र गृहसचिव सदस्य–सचिव रहने विभूषण समितिले मन्त्रिपरिषद्समक्ष सिफारिस गर्छ। सिफारिस तोकिएका निकायबाट आउँछ: विदेशी पदाधिकारीका लागि परराष्ट्रमन्त्री, संवैधानिक निकायका कर्मचारीका लागि सम्बन्धित निकायका प्रमुख, मन्त्रालयसँग सम्बन्धितका लागि सम्बन्धित मन्त्री, प्रदेशका पदाधिकारीका लागि मुख्यमन्त्री, र अन्य व्यक्ति (स्थानीय तहले पठाएका नामसमेत) का लागि गृहमन्त्री। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 4–5, pp. 2–3
- Recommendations must be based on set grounds, such as raising the nation's prestige, outstanding work in one's field, commendable performance of official duty, or a brave or wise act for the public good. There are three kinds of decoration: titles (Nepal Ratna, Rashtra Gaurav, Rashtradeep, Janasewa Shree), orders (such as Rashtra Yashobardhak, Nepal Sewa Prabin and Samaj Sewa Ratna, plus orders reserved for the Nepali Army) and medals (such as Lok Shree, Rashtra Sewa, Satkarya, Samaj Sewa and Shiksha Jyoti), each with a fixed order of precedence.सिफारिस तोकिएका आधारमा हुनुपर्छ, जस्तै राष्ट्रको गौरव बढाउने काममा विशेष योगदान, आफ्नो क्षेत्रमा उत्कृष्ट काम, सरकारी कर्तव्य प्रशंसनीय रूपमा पूरा गरेको, वा सार्वजनिक हितका लागि साहसी वा बुद्धिमत्तापूर्ण काम। विभूषण तीन प्रकारका छन्: मानपदवी (नेपाल रत्न, राष्ट्र गौरव, राष्ट्रदीप, जनसेवा श्री), अलङ्कार (राष्ट्र यशोवर्द्धक, नेपाल सेवा प्रवीण, समाज सेवा रत्नलगायत, र नेपाली सेनालाई मात्र दिइने अलङ्कार) र पदक (लोक श्री, राष्ट्र सेवा, सत्कार्य, समाज सेवा, शिक्षा ज्योतिलगायत), र प्रत्येकको मर्यादाक्रम तोकिएको छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 6, p. 3; Sections 8, 12 and 16, pp. 4–6
- Nepali citizens need government approval before accepting a title, honour or decoration from a foreign country. No organisation or person may award a decoration with the same name, design or form as a state decoration. The government may revoke a decoration, for example if the holder takes up arms against Nepal, helps an enemy state or spies against Nepal, and a holder may voluntarily return it.विदेशी मुलुकबाट दिइने उपाधि, सम्मान वा विभूषण ग्रहण गर्नुअघि नेपाली नागरिकले नेपाल सरकारको स्वीकृति लिनुपर्छ। सरकारले दिने विभूषणजस्तै नाम, बनोट र आकृतिको विभूषण कुनै संस्था वा व्यक्तिले दिन पाउँदैन। नेपालविरुद्ध हतियार उठाएमा, शत्रु राज्यलाई सहयोग गरेमा वा नेपालविरुद्ध जासुसी गरेमाजस्ता अवस्थामा सरकारले विभूषण रद्द गर्न सक्छ, र पाउनेले स्वेच्छाले फिर्ता गर्न पनि सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 19, 24, 26–27, pp. 7–8
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.
Regulations and rules made under it
- विभूषण नियमावली, २०६५ In force