- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०७० 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
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 lets Nepal exchange mutual legal assistance with foreign states in civil and criminal proceedings where there is a bilateral treaty, or, without a treaty, where the foreign state gives an assurance of reciprocity for similar proceedings in future. Assistance is not given in civil matters worth less than Rs 100,000 or for offences punishable by less than one year's imprisonment or a fine under Rs 50,000, among other exclusions. The Government designates a Central Authority by Gazette notice to handle requests.यो ऐनले द्विपक्षीय सन्धि भएको अवस्थामा, वा सन्धि नभए पनि भविष्यमा त्यस्तै न्यायिक कारबाहीमा सहयोग गर्ने आश्वासन दिएको अवस्थामा, देवानी र फौजदारी न्यायिक कारबाहीमा नेपाल र विदेशी राज्यबीच पारस्परिक कानूनी सहायता आदानप्रदान गर्न दिन्छ। एक लाख रुपैयाँभन्दा कम बिगोको देवानी विषय, वा एक वर्षभन्दा कम कैद वा पचास हजार रुपैयाँभन्दा कम जरिवाना हुने कसूरलगायतका अवस्थामा सहायता दिइँदैन। सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी अनुरोधको काम गर्न केन्द्रीय अधिकारी तोक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 3–6, pp. 3–5
- Nepali courts and agencies, through the Central Authority, may ask foreign states to provide evidence, produce or locate persons, serve summons and judicial documents, take witness testimony, freeze or confiscate property, and enforce Nepali judgments; requests must contain prescribed details and documents, and evidence obtained can be used in Nepali proceedings.नेपालका अदालत र निकायले केन्द्रीय अधिकारीमार्फत विदेशी राज्यसँग प्रमाण उपलब्ध गराउन, व्यक्ति उपस्थित गराउन वा पत्ता लगाउन, म्याद वा न्यायिक लिखत तामेल गर्न, साक्षी बुझ्न, सम्पत्ति रोक्का वा जफत गर्न र नेपाली अदालतको फैसला कार्यान्वयन गर्न अनुरोध गर्न सक्छन्; अनुरोधमा तोकिएका विवरण र कागजात खुलाउनुपर्छ, र यसरी प्राप्त प्रमाण नेपालको कारबाहीमा प्रयोग गर्न सकिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 7–18, pp. 5–15
- Foreign states may ask Nepal for the same kinds of help. The Central Authority studies each request, may refuse it in the cases the Act lists (including where no treaty request is made or the conditions in Section 4 apply), and otherwise applies to the court; the court can order evidence to be provided, persons produced, documents served, witnesses examined, property frozen or confiscated, and foreign judgments enforced, subject to special conditions. Documents must be authenticated, the Central Authority must report on its work, and the Government makes implementing rules.विदेशी राज्यले पनि नेपालसँग यस्तै सहायता माग्न सक्छ। केन्द्रीय अधिकारीले हरेक अनुरोध अध्ययन र जाँचबुझ गर्छ, ऐनमा तोकिएका अवस्थामा (सन्धिबमोजिम अनुरोध नआएको वा दफा ४ का अवस्था भएमा समेत) इन्कार गर्न सक्छ, नत्र अदालतमा निवेदन दिन्छ; अदालतले प्रमाण उपलब्ध गराउन, व्यक्ति उपस्थित गराउन, लिखत तामेल गर्न, साक्षी बुझ्न, सम्पत्ति रोक्का वा जफत गर्न र विशेष सर्तसहित विदेशी फैसला कार्यान्वयन गर्न आदेश दिन सक्छ। कागजात प्रमाणीकरण गर्नुपर्छ, केन्द्रीय अधिकारीले प्रतिवेदन दिनुपर्छ, र सरकारले नियम बनाउँछ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 19–45, pp. 15–29
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.