- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०६४ BS · 2007 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १६: महिला, बालबालिका, समाज कल्याण तथा संस्कृति · Volume 16: Women, Children, Social Welfare and Culture
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What does it do?
- Human trafficking and transportation are banned. Trafficking includes selling or buying a person for any purpose, forcing someone into prostitution, removing human organs other than as allowed by law, and having sex with a prostitute. 'Transportation' covers taking a person abroad, or from one place to another in Nepal, to be sold or exploited — by luring, deceit, force, abduction, hostage-taking or abuse of power — and smuggling people abroad with false documents for gain.मानव बेचबिखन र ओसारपसार गर्न पाइँदैन। कुनै पनि उद्देश्यले मानिस बेच्नु वा किन्नु, वेश्यावृत्तिमा लगाउनु, कानूनले अनुमति दिएबाहेक मानिसको अङ्ग झिक्नु र वेश्यागमन गर्नु बेचबिखन मानिन्छ। किन्ने–बेच्ने वा शोषण गर्ने उद्देश्यले ललाई–फकाई, झुक्याई, जबर्जस्ती, अपहरण, शरीर बन्धक वा पदको दुरुपयोग गरी मानिसलाई विदेश वा नेपालभित्रै एक ठाउँबाट अर्को ठाउँ लैजानु, र लाभका लागि नक्कली कागजातमा मानिसलाई विदेश लैजानु ओसारपसार मानिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 3–4, PDF pp. 3–4
- Anyone who knows of an offence may complain to the nearest police office and may ask for their name to be kept confidential. A victim's statement is taken immediately and certified before the district court. In these cases the accused must prove they did not commit the offence (reversed burden of proof). Hearings are held in closed court, victims may have their own lawyer and an interpreter, and publishing a victim's identity without consent is prohibited. The Government of Nepal is the plaintiff.कसूरबारे थाहा पाउने जोसुकैले नजिकको प्रहरी कार्यालयमा उजुरी दिन सक्छ र आफ्नो नाम गोप्य राख्न अनुरोध गर्न सक्छ। पीडितको बयान तत्काल गराई जिल्ला अदालतमा प्रमाणित गराइन्छ। यस्ता मुद्दामा कसूर नगरेको प्रमाण अभियुक्त आफैँले पुर्याउनुपर्छ। मुद्दाको कारबाही बन्द इजलासमा हुन्छ, पीडितले छुट्टै कानून व्यवसायी र दोभाषे राख्न सक्छ, र पीडितको स्वीकृतिबिना निजको पहिचान प्रचारप्रसार गर्न पाइँदैन। यस्ता मुद्दामा नेपाल सरकार वादी हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 5–6, PDF p. 4; Sections 9–11, PDF p. 6; Sections 25, 27–28, PDF pp. 14–16
- Penalties are severe: 20 years in prison and a Rs 200,000 fine for selling or buying a person; 10–15 years for forcing someone into prostitution; 10 years and Rs 200,000–500,000 for illegal organ removal; 10–15 years for taking someone abroad to be sold or for prostitution (15–20 years if a child); and 1–3 months for having sex with a prostitute. The court must order the offender to pay the victim compensation of at least half the fine, paid from the victim relief fund if the offender cannot pay; property gained from the offence is confiscated.सजाय कडा छ: मानिस किन्ने वा बेच्नेलाई बीस वर्ष कैद र दुई लाख रुपैयाँ जरिवाना; वेश्यावृत्तिमा लगाउनेलाई दशदेखि पन्ध्र वर्ष कैद; गैरकानूनी रूपमा अङ्ग झिक्नेलाई दश वर्ष कैद र दुईदेखि पाँच लाख रुपैयाँ जरिवाना; बेच्न वा वेश्यावृत्तिमा लगाउन विदेश लैजानेलाई दशदेखि पन्ध्र वर्ष (बालबालिका भए पन्ध्रदेखि बीस वर्ष) कैद; र वेश्यागमन गर्नेलाई एकदेखि तीन महिना कैद हुन्छ। अदालतले कसूरदारबाट पीडितलाई जरिवानाको कम्तीमा आधा बराबर क्षतिपूर्ति भराउनुपर्छ; कसूरदारले तिर्न नसके पीडित राहत कोषबाट दिलाउन सक्छ। कसूरबाट आर्जित सम्पत्ति जफत हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 15(1), PDF pp. 9–10; Sections 17–18, PDF pp. 12–13
- The Government of Nepal must arrange the rescue of Nepalis sold abroad and may seek mutual legal assistance. It must set up rehabilitation centres for victims' treatment, social reintegration and family reunion, funded through a rehabilitation fund; provincial and local governments may also set up and run centres. The government may form a national committee and district committees to coordinate government bodies and NGOs in controlling trafficking.विदेशमा बेचिएका नेपालीको उद्धारको व्यवस्था नेपाल सरकारले गर्छ र पारस्परिक कानूनी सहायता लिन सक्छ। पीडितको उपचार, सामाजिक पुनःस्थापना र पारिवारिक पुनर्मिलनका लागि सरकारले पुनःस्थापना केन्द्र स्थापना गर्छ र पुनःस्थापना कोषबाट सञ्चालन गर्छ; प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहले पनि केन्द्र खोल्न र चलाउन सक्छन्। बेचबिखन नियन्त्रण र पीडितको पुनःस्थापनामा सरकारी निकाय र गैरसरकारी संस्थाबीच समन्वय गर्न सरकारले राष्ट्रिय समिति र जिल्ला समिति गठन गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 12–14, PDF pp. 7–8; Section 23, PDF p. 14
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Capacity The Auditor General raised value-for-money questions about contracted victim rehabilitation services. The Auditor General found that the ministry paid Rs 10.606 million in FY 2081/82 to four NGOs that were selected in 2065/66 and had their contracts renewed since, to run rehabilitation centres; 53.36% (Rs 5.659 million) of that went on the organisations' staff salaries and administration.करारमा दिइएको पीडित पुनःस्थापना सेवामा खर्चको उपयोगितासम्बन्धी प्रश्न महालेखापरीक्षकले उठाएको छ। महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार मन्त्रालयले आर्थिक वर्ष २०८१/८२ मा २०६५/६६ मा छनोट भई त्यसयता नवीकरण हुँदै आएका ४ गैरसरकारी संस्थालाई पुनःस्थापना केन्द्र चलाउन रु. १ करोड ६ लाख ६ हजार भुक्तानी दिएकोमा त्यसको ५३.३६ प्रतिशत (रु. ५६ लाख ५९ हजार) संस्थाका कर्मचारीको तलब र प्रशासनिक काममा खर्च भएको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text OAG 63rd report, Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens chapter, para 12 (PDF pp. 380–381, printed pp. 348–349); Act Sections 13–14, PDF pp. 7–8
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.