- Type
- Regulation
- Year
- २०४९ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १०: सूचना तथा सञ्चार · Volume 10: Information and Communication
- 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: 2064 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?
- Every newspaper or periodical publisher must, within three months after each fiscal year ends, have its circulation audited by a certified auditor and send the report to the Press Council's circulation audit committee. After checking it, the committee must give the publisher a circulation audit certificate in the form set out in the Schedule.पत्रपत्रिकाका प्रकाशकले प्रत्येक आर्थिक वर्ष समाप्त भएको तीन महिनाभित्र आफ्नो प्रकाशन वितरणको संपरीक्षण कानूनबमोजिम प्रमाणपत्र पाएका लेखापरीक्षकबाट गराई त्यसको प्रतिवेदन पत्रपत्रिका वितरण संपरीक्षण समितिसमक्ष पठाउनुपर्छ। प्रतिवेदन जाँचबुझ गरी समितिले प्रकाशकलाई अनुसूचीको ढाँचामा पत्रपत्रिका वितरण संपरीक्षणको प्रमाणपत्र दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 5(1)-(2), PDF p. 2; Schedule, PDF pp. 5-6
- The audit report must show, for each issue, how many copies were printed and how they were distributed: sold to subscribers; given to staff, members, agents or regular contributors; sold through bookshops or agents; and given free to libraries or reading rooms. It must also show copies returned or unsold.लेखापरीक्षकले वितरण संपरीक्षण प्रतिवेदनमा प्रत्येक अङ्कमा प्रकाशित प्रतिको सङ्ख्या र त्यसको वितरण खुलाउनुपर्छ: ग्राहकलाई बिक्री, प्रकाशनसँग सम्बन्धित कर्मचारी, सदस्य, एजेन्ट वा नियमित सहयोगीलाई वितरण, पुस्तक पसल वा एजेन्टमार्फत बिक्री र पुस्तकालय वा वाचनालयमा निःशुल्क वितरण। फिर्ता आएका वा नबिकेका प्रतिको सङ्ख्या पनि खुलाउनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 8(1)-(2), PDF pp. 3-4
- Anyone who believes a circulation report is false may complain to the committee within one month of its filing. The committee may investigate or order a fresh audit. If the complaint is upheld, the publisher gets no certificate, or loses one already given, and its facilities may be suspended for a set period on the committee's recommendation; the publisher pays the costs. If the complaint proves false, the complainant pays the costs.प्रतिवेदनमा उल्लिखित विवरण झुट्टा हो भन्ने लागेमा जोसुकैले प्रतिवेदन पेश भएको मितिले एक महिनाभित्र समितिसमक्ष उजुरी दिन सक्छ। समितिले जाँच गर्न वा पुनः संपरीक्षण गराउन सक्छ। उजुरी ठीक ठहरिएमा प्रकाशकलाई प्रमाणपत्र दिइँदैन, दिइसकेको भए निष्क्रिय गरिन्छ र समितिको सिफारिसमा निजले पाउने सुविधा अवधि तोकी निलम्बन गर्न सकिन्छ; जाँचको खर्च प्रकाशकबाट असुल गरिन्छ। उजुरी झुट्टा ठहरिएमा खर्च उजुरीकर्ताबाट असुल गरिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 6(1)-(5), PDF pp. 2-3
- Anyone may ask the committee for a periodical's circulation details, and the committee must provide them for a fee of Rs 100. Council meetings need an agenda sent to all members, normally 48 hours ahead. If the chair is vacant or unable to act, the Government of Nepal may name a member as acting chair for up to one year. The Council has its own secretariat in the Kathmandu Valley.पत्रपत्रिकाको प्रकाशन वितरणको विवरण लिन चाहने जोसुकैले समितिसमक्ष निवेदन दिन सक्छ र समितिले एक सय रुपैयाँ दस्तुर लिई माग बमोजिमको विवरण दिनुपर्छ। काउन्सिलको बैठकको सूचना छलफलका विषयसहित साधारणतया अठचालीस घण्टाअगावै सबै सदस्यलाई पठाउनुपर्छ। अध्यक्ष पद रिक्त भएमा वा अध्यक्षले काम गर्न नसक्ने भएमा नेपाल सरकारले कुनै सदस्यलाई बढीमा एक वर्षका लागि कार्यवाहक अध्यक्ष तोक्न सक्छ। काउन्सिलको छुट्टै सचिवालय काठमाडौं उपत्यकामा रहन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 7, 3(2) and 3A, PDF pp. 1-3; Rules 9-10, PDF p. 4
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.