- 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
- 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 establishes the Nepal Music and Drama Academy, an autonomous body based in the Kathmandu Valley, to protect, promote and develop Nepal's music and theatre. It collects, researches and publishes on music and drama; preserves the instruments, folk tunes, dances and songs of Nepal's communities; sets up libraries, museums and theatres; offers training and fellowships; and honours artists with awards.नेपालको सङ्गीत तथा नाट्य विधाको संरक्षण, संवर्धन, प्रवर्धन र विकास गर्न यो ऐनले काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहने स्वायत्त नेपाल सङ्गीत तथा नाट्य प्रज्ञा–प्रतिष्ठान स्थापना गरेको छ। प्रतिष्ठानले सङ्गीत र नाट्यकलाको सङ्कलन, अनुसन्धान र प्रकाशन गर्छ; विभिन्न जाति र समुदायका बाजा, लोकधुन, लोकनृत्य र लोकगीत संरक्षण गर्छ; पुस्तकालय, सङ्ग्रहालय र नाट्यशाला स्थापना गर्छ; तालिम र विद्वत्वृत्ति दिन्छ; र कलाकारलाई सम्मान तथा पुरस्कार दिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 3–5, PDF pp. 2–4
- The Prime Minister is chief patron and the Culture Minister patron. The supreme body is an Academy Assembly of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, the culture secretary and 24 eminent figures in music and theatre nominated by the Prime Minister with inclusive representation including women, for four-year terms; it must meet at least twice a year. An executive Academic Council of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and six members (at least two women) runs the Academy.प्रधानमन्त्री प्रमुख संरक्षक र संस्कृति मन्त्री संरक्षक हुन्छन्। सर्वोच्च निकाय प्राज्ञसभामा कुलपति, उपकुलपति, संस्कृति मन्त्रालयका सचिव र महिलासहित समावेशी प्रतिनिधित्व हुने गरी प्रधानमन्त्रीले मनोनीत गरेका सङ्गीत तथा नाट्य क्षेत्रका २४ विशिष्ट व्यक्ति रहन्छन्, जसको पदावधि चार वर्षको हुन्छ; सभाको बैठक वर्षमा कम्तीमा दुई पटक बस्नुपर्छ। कुलपति, उपकुलपति र कम्तीमा दुई महिलासहित छ सदस्य रहने प्राज्ञ परिषद्ले प्रतिष्ठान सञ्चालन गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 7, 10–11, 14–16, PDF pp. 4–9
- The Academy has its own fund from government grants, other domestic and (with government approval) foreign sources, and fees for services. Its accounts follow the government system and are audited by the Auditor General, and it reports annually.प्रतिष्ठानको आफ्नै कोष हुन्छ, जसमा सरकारी अनुदान, स्वदेशी तथा (सरकारको स्वीकृतिमा) विदेशी स्रोत र सेवा शुल्क रहन्छन्। यसको हिसाब नेपाल सरकारले अपनाएको प्रणालीअनुसार राखिन्छ, लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ, र वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन पेस गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 26–27, 30, PDF pp. 12–13
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced Section 10(1) requires the Academy Assembly — which sets policy and approves the annual plan and budget — to meet at least twice a year, but the Auditor General found that it did not meet at all in FY 2081/82. The Academy had also lent Rs 8.84 million from its medical-treatment fund to 16 staff under its own 2080 loan procedure, none of which had been settled.दफा १०(१) ले नीति तय गर्ने र वार्षिक योजना तथा बजेट पारित गर्ने प्राज्ञसभाको बैठक वर्षमा कम्तीमा दुई पटक बस्नुपर्ने व्यवस्था गरे पनि आर्थिक वर्ष २०८१/८२ मा प्राज्ञसभा एक पटक पनि नबसेको महालेखापरीक्षकले पाएको छ। प्रतिष्ठानले आफ्नै २०८० को सापटी कार्यविधिअनुसार औषधि उपचार कोषबाट १६ कर्मचारीलाई दिएको रु. ८८ लाख ४० हजार सापटी हालसम्म फछ्र्यौट भएको छैन। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text OAG 63rd report, Nepal Music and Drama Academy paras 54–55 (PDF p. 537, printed p. 505); Act Section 10(1), PDF p. 6
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.