- Type
- Regulation
- Year
- २०२८ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १६: महिला, बालबालिका र संस्कृति · Volume 16: Women, Children and Culture
- 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?
- A man and a woman who want to marry by registration under the Marriage Registration Act, 2028 must jointly fill in and sign the application in Schedule 1 and submit it to the marriage officer within the period set by the Act. The officer enters it in the marriage application book. If the officer refuses because the marriage would break Nepali law, the officer must tell both parties in writing, with the reasons, within seven days of registering the application.विवाह दर्ता ऐन, २०२८ बमोजिम दर्ताद्वारा विवाह गर्न चाहने पुरुष र स्त्रीले ऐनमा तोकिएको म्यादभित्र अनुसूची-१ को ढाँचामा संयुक्त रूपमा दरखास्त लेखी सही गरी विवाह अधिकारीसमक्ष पेस गर्नुपर्छ। विवाह अधिकारीले त्यसलाई विवाह दरखास्त किताबमा दर्ता गर्छ। प्रस्तावित विवाह प्रचलित नेपाल कानूनविपरीत देखी विवाह गराउन इन्कार गरेमा विवाह अधिकारीले कारण खुलाई दरखास्त दर्ता भएको सात दिनभित्र दुवै पक्षलाई लिखित सूचना दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 3(1)-(3), PDF p. 1; Schedules 1-2, PDF pp. 4-5
- The couple then sign a declaration (Schedule 3), in front of witnesses, that they take each other as husband and wife. The marriage officer records the marriage in the marriage register (Schedule 4) and gives them a marriage certificate (Schedule 5).त्यसपछि दुवै पक्षले साक्षीहरूको रोहबरमा एकअर्कालाई पति र पत्नीका रूपमा वरण र ग्रहण गरेको अनुसूची-३ को उद्घोषणपत्रमा सहीछाप गरी विवाह अधिकारीलाई दिनुपर्छ। विवाह अधिकारीले विवाह दर्ता किताब (अनुसूची-४) मा विवाह दर्ता गरी अनुसूची-५ बमोजिमको विवाहको प्रमाणपत्र दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 4-6, PDF p. 2; Schedules 3-5, PDF pp. 6-8
- A couple already married under their religion, caste or family custom may register that marriage by applying in the Schedule 6 format, giving details such as the date and place of marriage, witnesses and any children. Unless the marriage is against Nepali law, the marriage officer must register it and give a certificate in the Schedule 9 format.आफ्नो धर्म, जाति वा कुलको रीतिथिति, परम्परा वा चलनअनुसार विवाह गरेका दम्पतीले अनुसूची-६ को ढाँचामा विवाह भएको मिति र ठाउँ, साक्षी र सन्तानको विवरणसहित दरखास्त दिई विवाह वा वैवाहिक सम्बन्ध दर्ता गराउन सक्छन्। विवाह प्रचलित नेपाल कानूनविपरीत नदेखिएमा विवाह अधिकारीले दर्ता गरी अनुसूची-९ को ढाँचामा प्रमाणपत्र दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 7(1)-(4), PDF p. 2; Schedules 6-9, PDF pp. 9-14
- The marriage officer must keep all applications, registers and related papers safe. Anyone may ask for a certified copy, and the officer must provide it within seven days for a fee of Rs 5 for a marriage certificate and Rs 1 per copy of any other document. A Law Commission footnote states that the Marriage Registration Act, 2028, under which these rules were made, was repealed by an Act of 2074 that took effect on 2075 Bhadau 1.विवाह अधिकारीले सबै दरखास्त, दर्ता किताब र सम्बन्धित कागजात सुरक्षित राख्नुपर्छ। कसैले नक्कल माग्न सक्छ र विवाह अधिकारीले विवाहको प्रमाणपत्रको पाँच रुपैयाँ र अन्य कागजातको प्रतिप्रति एक रुपैयाँ दस्तुर लिई सात दिनभित्र नक्कल दिनुपर्छ। यो नियमावली बनाउने आधार विवाह दर्ता ऐन, २०२८ संवत् २०७५ भदौ १ गतेबाट लागू भएको केही नेपाल कानूनलाई संशोधन, एकीकरण, समायोजन र खारेज गर्ने ऐन, २०७४ द्वारा खारेज भएको कानून आयोगको पाठको पादटिप्पणीमा उल्लेख छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 8-9, PDF pp. 2-3; preamble footnote, PDF p. 1
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.