Act

Secured Transactions (First Amendment) Act, 2081 BS

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Type
Act
Year
२०८१ BS
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड ७ ख
Official text
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What does it do?

  • This Act amends the Secured Transactions Act, 2063 so that it covers security over all kinds of movable property, not just intangible property. 'Movable property' is defined broadly: tangible or intangible assets including fixtures, minerals licensed for extraction, trees to be felled, future property, receivables, inventory, bank accounts, proceeds and movable property abroad. The Act applies where the collateral is in Nepal, or where mobile assets used in several countries are pledged by a person living in Nepal. The registrar is now appointed after consulting the Judicial Council rather than with the Supreme Court's consent.यो ऐनले सुरक्षित कारोबार ऐन, २०६३ संशोधन गरी अमूर्त सम्पत्ति मात्र नभई सबै प्रकारका चल सम्पत्ति धितो राखी हुने कारोबारलाई समेटेको छ। 'चल सम्पत्ति' को परिभाषा फराकिलो छ: जडित सामान, उत्खननका लागि अनुमतिप्राप्त खनिज, कटान गरिने रुख, भविष्यमा सिर्जना हुने सम्पत्ति, बहीखाता, मालसामान, बैंक खाता, धितोबाट प्राप्त लाभ र विदेशमा रहेको चल सम्पत्तिसमेत। धितोको सम्पत्ति नेपालमा रहेको वा धेरै मुलुकमा प्रयोग हुने सम्पत्ति नेपालमा बस्ने व्यक्तिले धितो दिएको अवस्थामा यो ऐन लागू हुन्छ। रजिस्ट्रार अब सर्वोच्च अदालतको सहमतिको सट्टा न्याय परिषद्को परामर्शमा नियुक्त हुन्छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 2–4, amending the preamble and Sections 2–3, PDF pp. 1–4
  • Notices are registered in the registration record and take effect from the date and time they are entered. An initial notice must name the debtor, the secured party and the collateral (with details of the land for fixtures, minerals or timber), and the secured party or its agent can file it. A notice remains valid if a search by the debtor's correct details still finds it despite minor errors.सूचना दर्ता अभिलेखमा राखिन्छ र अभिलेखमा प्रविष्ट भएको मिति र समयदेखि मान्य हुन्छ। प्रारम्भिक सूचनामा धितो दिने र धितो लिने व्यक्तिको विवरण तथा धितोको सम्पत्तिको विवरण (जडित सामान, खनिज वा रुखका हकमा सम्बन्धित अचल सम्पत्तिको विवरणसमेत) हुनुपर्छ र धितो लिने व्यक्ति वा निजले अख्तियारी दिएको व्यक्तिले दर्ता गर्न सक्छ। धितो दिनेको यथार्थ विवरणबाट खोज्दा सूचना भेटिने भए सामान्य त्रुटिले सूचना अमान्य हुँदैन। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Section 3(7), new Section 2(ट२); Sections 5–6, replacing Sections 7(1)–(2), 7(5) and 8, PDF pp. 2–5
  • New priority rules: between competing security interests in the same collateral, the earlier perfected one wins; perfected interests rank ahead of unperfected ones; and a perfected security interest ranks ahead of any unsecured claim, including unpaid wages owed to employees and tax arrears owed to the government. A buyer who pays for collateral without knowing of an unperfected security interest takes it free of that interest, and buyers in the ordinary course of business are also protected.प्राथमिकताका नयाँ नियम: एउटै धितोमा प्रतिस्पर्धी धितोको हक भए पहिले परिपक्व भएको हकले प्राथमिकता पाउँछ; परिपक्व हक अपरिपक्व हकभन्दा अगाडि रहन्छ; र परिपक्व धितोको हक कर्मचारी तथा कामदारलाई तिर्न बाँकी रकम र नेपाल सरकारलाई तिर्न बाँकी करलगायत कुनै पनि असुरक्षित दाबीभन्दा प्राथमिकतामा रहन्छ। धितोको हकबारे जानकारी नभई परिपक्व हुनुअघि मूल्य तिरी धितोको सम्पत्ति किन्ने खरिदकर्ताले त्यस्तो हकबिना सम्पत्ति पाउँछ र नियमित व्यावसायिक कारोबारमा किन्नेलाई पनि संरक्षण छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 21–24, replacing Sections 28–30 and adding Section 29क, PDF pp. 9–10
  • On enforcement, a transferee of receivables may collect them directly after default without going to court; a secured party must notify any higher-ranking secured party before enforcing, and that party may take over the process; and the debtor may redeem the collateral before it is sold by paying the full secured obligation plus reasonable legal and enforcement costs.धितो कार्यान्वयनमा, बहीखाता पूर्ण रूपमा हस्तान्तरण गरी लिने व्यक्तिले भुक्तानी बाँकी भएपछि अदालती कारबाहीबिना नै सीधै बहीखाता सङ्कलन गर्न सक्छ; धितोमा अधिकार प्रयोग गर्नुअघि माथिल्लो प्राथमिकताको धितो लिने व्यक्तिलाई सूचना दिनुपर्छ र उसले कार्यान्वयन प्रक्रिया आफैँ अघि बढाउन सक्छ; र धितो दिने व्यक्तिले बिक्री हुनुअघि सम्पूर्ण दायित्व तथा कानून व्यवसायीको मनासिब शुल्क र अन्य मनासिब खर्च बुझाई धितोको सम्पत्ति निखन्न सक्छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 33 and 35, adding Sections 42क and 45क, PDF p. 13; Section 42, replacing Section 53, PDF p. 14

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