- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०७४ BS · 2017 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १: संवैधानिक निकाय तथा सुशासन · Volume 1: Constitutional Body and Good Governance
- 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: 2075 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 Act sets out the work of the Madhesi Commission created by Article 262 of the Constitution to protect the identity, rights and interests of the Madhesi community and empower it. 'Madhesi community' means the community the Government of Nepal defines on the Commission's recommendation. Chairs and members must be Madhesi, have at least ten years' work on Madhesi rights, human rights or law, hold a bachelor's degree, be at least 45, and not be party members when appointed; they cannot be reappointed or later take other government jobs, and leave office at 65.यो ऐनले मधेशी समुदायको पहिचान, हक–हितको संरक्षण र सशक्तीकरणका लागि संविधानको धारा २६२ बमोजिम गठित मधेशी आयोगको कामकारबाही व्यवस्थित गरेको छ। आयोगको सिफारिसमा नेपाल सरकारले परिभाषित गरेको समुदायलाई 'मधेशी समुदाय' भनिन्छ। अध्यक्ष तथा सदस्य मधेशी हुनुपर्छ, मधेशी समुदायको हक–हित, मानव अधिकार वा कानूनको क्षेत्रमा कम्तीमा दश वर्ष योगदान गरेको, स्नातक उत्तीर्ण, ४५ वर्ष पुगेको र नियुक्त हुँदा कुनै राजनीतिक दलको सदस्य नरहेको हुनुपर्छ; उनीहरूको पुनः नियुक्ति हुँदैन, पछि अन्य सरकारी सेवामा नियुक्त हुन पाउँदैनन्, र ६५ वर्ष पुगेपछि पद रिक्त हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 2(घ), PDF p. 2; Sections 3–6, PDF pp. 2–3
- The Commission studies the community's situation and recommends policy, legal and institutional reforms and national programmes to the government; reviews and monitors programmes and the follow-up of its own recommendations; recommends special programmes for economically or socially disadvantaged Madhesis, programmes to end harmful customs, superstition and exploitation, and protection of Madhesi languages, scripts and cultures; monitors relevant international treaties; collects complaints of rights violations and recommends investigation and action to the bodies concerned; and recommends a list of Madhesi surnames.आयोगले मधेशी समुदायको स्थितिको अध्ययन गरी नीतिगत, कानूनी र संस्थागत सुधार तथा राष्ट्रिय नीति र कार्यक्रम सरकारलाई सिफारिस गर्छ; कार्यक्रम र आफ्ना सिफारिस कार्यान्वयनको अनुगमन गर्छ; आर्थिक वा सामाजिक रूपमा पछाडि परेका मधेशीका लागि विशेष कार्यक्रम, कुरीति, अन्धविश्वास र शोषण अन्त्यका कार्यक्रम, र मधेशी भाषा, लिपि र संस्कृतिको संरक्षण सिफारिस गर्छ; सम्बन्धित अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सन्धिको अनुगमन गर्छ; अधिकार उल्लङ्घनका उजुरी सङ्कलन गरी छानबिन र कारबाहीका लागि सम्बन्धित निकायमा सिफारिस गर्छ; र थर सूचीकृत गर्न सिफारिस गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 7, PDF pp. 3–5
- The Commission is based in the Kathmandu Valley and may open provincial offices; its structure and staff posts are approved and its staff provided by the government. Any body asked for help must give it, and the Commission can write to that body's superior if it does not. It must submit an annual report to the President within three months of the fiscal year's end, covering its programme and costs, its recommendations, and the status of their implementation. It deals with the government through the federal affairs and general administration ministry.आयोगको कार्यालय काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा रहन्छ र आवश्यकताअनुसार प्रदेशमा पनि कार्यालय खोल्न सकिन्छ; यसको सङ्गठन संरचना र दरबन्दी सरकारले स्वीकृत गर्छ र कर्मचारी सरकारले उपलब्ध गराउँछ। आयोगले सहयोग मागेमा सम्बन्धित निकायले सहयोग गर्नुपर्छ, नगरे तालुक निकायमा लेखी पठाउन सकिन्छ। आर्थिक वर्ष सकिएको तीन महिनाभित्र आयोगले राष्ट्रपतिसमक्ष वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन पेश गर्नुपर्छ, जसमा कार्यक्रम र लागत, सिफारिस र तिनको कार्यान्वयन अवस्था उल्लेख हुनुपर्छ। आयोगले सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालयमार्फत सरकारसँग सम्पर्क राख्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 12, 18, 20–23, PDF pp. 6, 9–10
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Capacity The Commission has 13 staff posts and spends about Rs 35–41 million a year. It made recommendations on 44 subjects in 2080/81 and 38 in 2081/82 — on social discrimination, gender and domestic violence, child marriage, drinking water and protecting archaeologically important monasteries and temples in the Tarai-Madhesh — but in both years the Auditor General said it needs to run research-focused programmes to identify the community's real problems, set priorities for solving them, and coordinate with local, provincial and federal governments to become more effective.आयोगमा १३ कर्मचारीको दरबन्दी छ र वार्षिक करिब रु. ३ करोड ५० लाखदेखि ४ करोड १० लाख खर्च हुन्छ। आयोगले २०८०/८१ मा ४४ र २०८१/८२ मा ३८ विषयमा — सामाजिक विभेद, लैङ्गिक तथा घरेलु हिंसा, बालविवाह, खानेपानी र तराई–मधेशका पुरातात्त्विक महत्त्वका मठमन्दिरको संरक्षणसम्बन्धी — सिफारिस गरेको छ, तर मधेशी समुदायका वास्तविक समस्या पहिचान गर्न अनुसन्धानकेन्द्रित कार्यक्रम चलाउनुपर्ने, समाधानका प्राथमिकता तोक्नुपर्ने र स्थानीय, प्रदेश र सङ्घीय सरकारसँग समन्वय गरी प्रभावकारिता बढाउनुपर्ने महालेखापरीक्षकले दुवै वर्ष उल्लेख गरेको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd report, Madhesi Commission paras 1–3 (PDF p. 111, printed p. 79); OAG 62nd report, paras 1–3 (PDF p. 106, printed p. 76)
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.