Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2078

What does it do?

• This ordinance amends the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063. It provides that the child of a person who obtained citizenship by birth before 2072 Asoj 3 (when the Constitution was promulgated) gets citizenship by descent after turning sixteen if both parents are Nepali citizens.यो अध्यादेशले नेपाल नागरिकता ऐन, २०६३ संशोधन गर्छ। संवत् २०७२ असोज ३ गतेअघि जन्मका आधारमा नागरिकता प्राप्त गरेका नागरिकको सन्तानले बाबु र आमा दुवै नेपालको नागरिक रहेछन् भने सोह्र वर्ष पूरा भएपछि वंशजको आधारमा नागरिकता पाउने व्यवस्था गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Section 2 (new s. 3(4)), PDF pp. 1–2
• A person born in Nepal to a Nepali citizen mother, living in Nepal, whose father cannot be identified, gets citizenship by descent on the basis of a self-declaration by the person and the mother (or, if the mother has died or cannot be traced, the applicant's own declaration with evidence). If the father is later found to be a foreign national, that citizenship by descent does not continue and is converted to naturalised citizenship once the person declares they have not taken the father's foreign citizenship.नेपालको नागरिक आमाबाट नेपालमा जन्मी नेपालमै बसोबास गरेको र बाबुको पहिचान हुन नसकेको व्यक्तिले निज र निजकी आमाको स्वघोषणाको आधारमा (आमाको मृत्यु भएको वा ठेगाना नभएको अवस्थामा प्रमाणसहित निवेदकको स्वघोषणामा) वंशजको आधारमा नागरिकता पाउँछ। पछि बाबु विदेशी ठहरिएमा त्यस्तो वंशजको नागरिकता कायम रहँदैन, र बाबुको आधारमा विदेशी नागरिकता नलिएको स्वघोषणा गरेमा अङ्गीकृत नागरिकतामा परिणत गरिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 2–3 (new ss. 3(5)–(6), 8(1)(क1), 8(1क)), PDF pp. 2–3
• False self-declarations are punished: a false declaration under section 3(6) carries six months to one year in prison or a fine of Rs 50,000–100,000 or both, and a false declaration about an unidentified father carries one to three years or Rs 100,000–300,000 or both; citizenship obtained through a false declaration is automatically cancelled.झुट्टा स्वघोषणामा सजाय हुन्छ: दफा ३(६) बमोजिमको झुट्टा स्वघोषणामा छ महिनादेखि एक वर्षसम्म कैद वा पचास हजारदेखि एक लाख रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना वा दुवै, र बाबुको पहिचान नभएको विषयमा झुट्टा स्वघोषणामा एकदेखि तीन वर्षसम्म कैद वा एकदेखि तीन लाख रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना वा दुवै; झुट्टा स्वघोषणाबाट लिएको नागरिकता स्वतः रद्द हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Section 4 (new s. 21(3क)–(3ख)), PDF p. 3
• Under Article 114 of the Constitution, an ordinance has the same force as an Act, but it must be tabled at the next session of both Houses; it ceases to have effect if both Houses do not adopt it, if the President repeals it, or sixty days after both Houses meet. The House of Representatives' ordinance-status list records it as only tabled in the meetings of both Houses.संविधानको धारा ११४ अनुसार अध्यादेश ऐनसरह मान्य हुन्छ, तर यसलाई संसद्का दुवै सदनको पछिल्लो अधिवेशनमा पेश गर्नुपर्छ; दुवै सदनले स्वीकार नगरेमा, राष्ट्रपतिले खारेज गरेमा वा दुवै सदनको बैठक बसेको साठी दिनपछि यो स्वतः निष्क्रिय हुन्छ। प्रतिनिधि सभाको अध्यादेश-अवस्था सूचीमा यो दुवै सभाको बैठकमा पेश मात्र भएको उल्लेख छ। Nepal Law Commission · Federal Parliament of Nepal Article 114(1)–(2), PDF p. 62; HoR ordinance-status entry

Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas

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Where does it conflict with other laws?

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