National ID and Registration Act, 2020

Now, therefore, the Federal Parliament has enacted this Act. Chapter-1

Preliminary

1. Short Title and Commencement: (1) This Act may be called the "National Identity Card and Registration Act, 2076 (2019)."

(2) This Act shall come into force immediately. 2. Definitions: Unless the subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act,-

(a) "Biometric details" means the biometric details pursuant to sub-section (3) of Section 7.

(b) "Data repository" means the electronic data repository pursuant to Section 30, and the term also denotes the record book or electronic record established for the purpose of storing data.

(c) "Prescribed" or "as prescribed" means prescribed or as prescribed in the rules made under this Act.

(d) "Registration book" means the record register book established for keeping registrations and civil records, and the term also denotes the data repository built by using modern information technology.

(e) "Registration" means the act of keeping records to identify citizens and registering vital events.

(f) "Registrar" means the Registrar pursuant to Section 17.

(g) "Identity Number" means the National Identity Number provided pursuant to Section 6.

(h) "Identity Card" means the National Identity Card provided pursuant to Section 9.

(i) "Person eligible to obtain an Identity Card" means a person who has met the qualifications pursuant to Section 4.

(j) "Migration" means the act of permanently moving residence from one local level to another local level within Nepal or from one ward to another ward of the same local level, and the term also denotes the act of moving to reside abroad or coming to reside in Nepal from abroad, and the act of temporarily moving residence for a period exceeding one hundred eighty days.

(k) "Ministry" means the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Nepal.

(l) "Director General" means the Director General of the Department.

(m) "National Identity Management Information System" means the electronic technology-based data storage system established by the Government of Nepal for the purpose of integrally managing information and details of citizens for distribution of National Identity Cards and linking this with services, facilities, and development plans available from the State.

(n) "Department" means the Department of National Identity Card and Registration.

(o) "Personal details" means the name, surname, address, sex, date of birth, name of father, mother, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, and related details that identify a person, and the term also denotes the personal details relating to qualifications, profession, occupation, income, and ownership of a person held in any office or body of the Government of Nepal.

(p) "Vital event" means the birth, death, marriage, divorce, and migration of a person.

(q) "Coordination Committee" means the Coordination Committee pursuant to Section 37.

(r) "Local Authority" means the Chief District Officer of the concerned district, and the term also denotes any other officer designated by the Government of Nepal by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette.

(s) "Local level" means a Rural Municipality or Municipality.