- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०६८ BS · 2011 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १५: स्वास्थ्य · Volume 15: Health
- 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: 2072 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?
- Smoking and other tobacco use are banned in public places, which the Act lists (such as government offices, schools, health facilities, public transport, hotels and restaurants, workplaces and other places the Government designates); managers must display no-smoking notices. Smoking is also banned in homes and private vehicles in ways that harm others.सार्वजनिक स्थलमा धूम्रपान र अन्य सुर्तीजन्य पदार्थको सेवन निषेध छ; सरकारी कार्यालय, विद्यालय, स्वास्थ्य संस्था, सार्वजनिक सवारी, होटल र रेस्टुरेन्ट, कार्यस्थल र सरकारले तोकेका अन्य स्थानलाई ऐनले सार्वजनिक स्थल मानेको छ; व्यवस्थापकले धूम्रपान निषेधको सूचना टाँस्नुपर्छ। अरूलाई असर पर्ने गरी घर र निजी सवारीसाधनभित्र धूम्रपान गर्न पनि पाइँदैन। Nepal Law Commission Sections 3–6, pp. 2–3
- Manufacturers must print health warnings with graphic colour pictures in Nepali on at least 75 percent of the outer surface of every pack, follow labelling rules and submit product information. All advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products is banned, and tobacco may not be sold or given to anyone under 18 or to pregnant women, or sold near schools, health institutions, children's homes, elderly homes and other designated places.उत्पादकले सुर्तीजन्य पदार्थको बट्टा, प्याकेटको बाहिरी भागको कम्तीमा ७५ प्रतिशत भागमा नेपाली भाषामा स्वास्थ्यलाई हानिकारक भन्ने चेतावनी र घातक असर देखाउने रङ्गीन चित्र छाप्नुपर्छ, लेबलसम्बन्धी नियम पालना गर्नुपर्छ र उत्पादनको विवरण बुझाउनुपर्छ। सुर्तीजन्य पदार्थको सबै प्रकारको विज्ञापन र प्रायोजन निषेध छ, र १८ वर्ष नपुगेका र गर्भवती महिलालाई बेच्न वा दिन, वा विद्यालय, स्वास्थ्य संस्था, बालगृह, वृद्धाश्रम र तोकिएका अन्य स्थान वरपर बेच्न पाइँदैन। Nepal Law Commission Sections 7–11, pp. 4–6
- Managers of public places must stop smokers and can fine them Rs 100 or remove them; staff who smoke face disciplinary action. Inspectors enforce the Act; other breaches, such as unlawful advertising or packaging, are investigated and prosecuted with the Government as plaintiff under summary procedure, and seized products are destroyed. A national committee oversees tobacco control, and the Government must establish a Health Tax Fund for tobacco control and for preventing and treating tobacco-related disease, with annual allocations not lower than the previous year's.सार्वजनिक स्थलका व्यवस्थापकले धूम्रपान गर्नेलाई रोक्नुपर्छ र नमानेमा सय रुपैयाँ जरिवाना गर्न वा बाहिर निकाल्न सक्छन्; धूम्रपान गर्ने कर्मचारीलाई विभागीय कारबाही हुन्छ। निरीक्षकले ऐन लागू गराउँछन्; अवैध विज्ञापन वा प्याकेजिङजस्ता अन्य उल्लङ्घनको अनुसन्धान र मुद्दा नेपाल सरकार वादी भई संक्षिप्त कार्यविधिबाट चल्छ, र जफत सामान नष्ट गरिन्छ। राष्ट्रिय समितिले सुर्ती नियन्त्रणको रेखदेख गर्छ, र सुर्ती नियन्त्रण तथा त्यसबाट हुने रोगको रोकथाम र उपचारका लागि सरकारले स्वास्थ्य कर कोष स्थापना गर्नुपर्छ, जसमा वार्षिक विनियोजन अघिल्लो वर्षभन्दा कम हुनु हुँदैन। Nepal Law Commission Sections 12–25, pp. 6–10
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.