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National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

(3) Any person who, with the knowledge that it is an unlawful assembly, joins the assembly shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees where he or she has joined it without arms, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine arms. the achievement of the object of such assembly, every member of such assembly who aids and assists knowingly at the time of the commission of offence shall be considered to have committed the offence. 63. Prohibition of rioting: (1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, the offence of rioting. (2) Where an unlawful assembly or a member thereof uses force or destroys, damages or causes loss to any public or private property in the course of achievement of the object of such assembly, committed the offence of rioting. a deadly weapon. rioting is not committed, or to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or the both sentences. 65. Prohibition of acts prejudicial to public tranquility: (1) No person, by words, either spoken or written or by signs or otherwise shall do any act which, on the ground of religion, color, caste, race, community or language, is prejudicial to harmonious relationship between peoples of different classes, regions or communities of Nepal. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the 67. Prohibition of obstructing movement in public place: (1) No person, by show of any kind of fear or terror, shall close the operation of a public road, way, rope-way, cable-car, airport, railway, water transportation route, postal and other public service, or obstruct, in any way, the movement of pedestrians, motor vehicles or animals by obstructing, in any way, a public road, way, rope-way, cable-car way, airport, railway or water transportation route or impede or obstruct, in any way, any person in entering into any public place except in accordance with the order of a competent authority under a law. (2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences. 70. Not to spread rumor: (1) No person shall, with intent to breach public tranquility, commit rioting or undermine or jeopardize the sovereignty, geographical or territorial integrity of Nepal or harmonious relation between different races, castes or communities, spread or propagate rumors or hold a procession with slogans, in a manner to provoke any one. other person. inflammable substance in any place specified as the sensitive public area by order of the competent authority in view of the sovereignty, geographical or territorial integrity, security of Nepal or pubic tranquility or decency. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

(2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences. 73. Prohibition of destroying or damaging essential commodities: (1) referred to in sub-section (1) is identified, such person, and where such person is not so identified, the person who induces or orders the commission of such act shall be considered to have committed the offence. 74. Statute of limitation : No complaint on an offence under this Chapter shall lie after the lapse of three months from the date of commission of such offence. Chapter-3 Offences Relating to Contempt of Authority of Public Servants 75. Prohibition of obstructing the service of summons, process etc. : (1) No person shall obstruct in or object to, or cause to be done so, the service of a summons, process, arrest warrant, notice or order of a warrant. (2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences. 77. Prohibition of absconding to avoid service of summons, process, notice or order: (1) No person, being legally bound to receive a summons, process, notice, arrest warrant or order issued by the competent authority, shall abscond, with mala fide intention to avoid being served with such summons, process, notice, arrest warrant or order. section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences. 80. Prohibition of omission to produce document: (1) No person who is legally bound to produce or deliver up any document to any office, court or public servant under law shall omit so to produce or deliver up such document. (2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub statement. section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences. 83. Prohibition of refusing to answer: (1) No person who is under a legal duty to state the truth on any subject to a competent authority shall refuse to answer any question demanded of him or her on such subject by such authority. Provided that no person shall be compelled to testify against himself or herself. or ought not to do. discharge of such duties. (2) No person shall knowingly obstruct or hinder the process of forfeiture, collection of records, withholding, auction or sale of any property being carried out in accordance with law. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

(3) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub section (1) or (2) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences. 86. Prohibition of refusing to render assistance to public servant: (1) such assistance. offence under Section 78, 80 or 83 and from the date of the commission of any offence under the other Sections of this Chapter. Chpater-4 Offences against Public Justice 89. Prohibition of fabricating evidence: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no person shall fabricate evidence, cause any circumstance to exist, forge any document or electronic record or intent to use it in a judicial or other legal proceeding. rupees. with authority or duty under law to submit, certify, authenticate or issue a certificate or submit an affidavit in relation to any matter shall submit, certify, authenticate or issue such certificate or submit such affidavit, knowingly setting down a false statement in such certificate or affidavit. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees. 91. Prohibition of using false evidence or certificate : (1) No person to be used, as true such false evidence or certificate. produced in any judicial or other legal proceeding or otherwise making such document or record incapable of being used as evidence or cause it to disappear illegally or give it to another person in an unauthorized manner. (4) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (3) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years and a fine not exceeding forty thousand rupees. (5) If a public servant commits the offence referred to in referred to in that sub-section. imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or both the sentences. 95. Prohibition of harboring offender : (1) No person shall knowingly harbor an offender with intent to prevent him or her from being apprehended or save him or her from a lawful sentence. Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, the term “offender” means a person who is suspected or accused of an offence or convicted by a court of such offence. follows: fourth of the maximum term of imprisonment or amount of fine or both the sentences imposable for the offence where that person has harbored the offender of the offence other than that mentioned in clause (a) or (b). National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no offence referred to in this Section shall be considered to have been committed where the offender's husband or wife or father, mother, son, daughter, elder brother, younger brother, elder sister, younger sister, grand-father, grand-mother, grand-son, grand daughter, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law or son-in law has harbored the offender. being so forfeited, withheld, auctioned, sold or enforced or make a claim to such property or right therein. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or both the sentences. 98. Prohibition of making false complaint : (1) No person shall, with intent to injure or annoy any person, make a false claim or accusation or give false information against such person before or to an authority making judicial proceeding. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences. (3) Where any person suffers any kind of harm or loss from the offence referred to in sub-section (1), he or she shall be entitled to get compensation from such offender. 100. Prohibition of failure to appear in violation of terms and conditions of guarantee : (1) No person who has been charged with rupees. (5) A person who has been sentenced under this Section shall not be eligible to become a surety without security until three years. 101. Prohibition of obstructing apprehension or escaping from custody: (1) No person for whose apprehension an arrest warrant has been issued shall knowingly make any obstruction, by using force, in the course of apprehension or to the apprehension of himself or herself or to escape from apprehension if already apprehended or no escape from such custody. (3) If any public servant commits or causes to be committed the offence referred to in sub-section (1), he or she shall be liable to double the sentence specified in sub-section (2). 103. Statute of limitation: (1) There shall be no statute of limitation for making a complaint in relation to any of the offences referred to in Section 101 or 102. (2) No complaint shall lie after the lapse of three months from the date of commission of the offence under Section 100 and offences under this Chapter. Chapter-5 Offences against Public Interest, Health, Safety, Convenience and Morals 104. Prohibition of spreading infectious disease: (1) No person shall do disease which is dangerous to life of any one. intercourse with any one without taking any kind of precaution or transfuse in any way his or her or such person's blood, semen, saliva, sputum or human organ into other's body. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees. Provided that where such disease has got transmitted with rupees. Provided that where any violation of such rule, directive or order is likely to cause the death of a person, the offender shall be liable to the sentence under Section 104. 107. Prohibition of adulteration of food: (1) No person shall produce any food or drink to be consumed by the public by mixing into it any injurious substance that is inedible, undrinkable or inconsumable or any substance that is edible, drinkable or consumable but substandard or any injurious chemical substance, or sell or distribute exceeding fifty thousand rupees or both the sentences. 109. Prohibition of selling or distributing goods by misrepresentation: (1) No person shall sell any low quality good, except food, by misrepresenting that such good is original one or any good by causing to believe that it is a different good or any good so adulterated as to degrade its quality or change a label on any good or sell any good of which the date of expiry has expired. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or both the sentences. follows: (a) Imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or both the sentences, in the case of a person who fouls, or causes to be fouled, drinking water or its spring, (b) Imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences, in the case of a person who fouls, or causes device. 113. Prohibition of causing danger or obstruction in public way, river or place : (1) No person shall, by doing any act or by omitting to take order with or maintain any property of him or her or under his or her control or charge, cause danger, obstruction or hindrance to any one in any public way, river or other public place. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees. death of or grievous hurt to any one from such act or from the fall or collapse of that building or any part thereof. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences. 116. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

Prohibition of reckless conduct with respect to animals and birds : (1) No person shall, in keeping or caring and cultivating any violent or other animal or bird of him or her or under his or her into and behave any one indecently or manhandle or annoy any woman, child or person with physical disability in any public place or attempt to do such act. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences. 119. Prohibition of soliciting prostitution: (1) No person shall solicit prostitution. prostitute. (a) Producing, printing or publishing or circulating through electronic media any obscene book, pamphlet, drawing, film, picture, record or any other item which is lascivious (increases physical libido) or appeals to the prurient interest or makes characterless, (b) Purchasing, selling, distributing or letting to hire or publicly exhibiting such obscene item or holding such item with intent to do so, any person in this way, show his or her sexual organ or utter or make any obscene words or gesture to any one in a public place. (2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences. 123. Prohibition of having sexual intercourse in public place: (1) No person shall have sexual intercourse with any one or any kind of unnatural sexual intercourse in a public place, or in any other place in a manner that such intercourse is visible to others. in the vicinity. section (1) shall be liable to the sentence as follows: (a) Imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees, in the case of one who gambles or causes any one to gamble for the first time, (b) Imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, in the case of one who gambles or causes any one to gamble for the second time, and additional sentence of imprisonment for a term not Provided that any of the following games or programs shall not be considered to be gambling: (a) A game so played, with the approval of the Government of Nepal, for entertainment in a public ceremony, fair, feast, festival, exhibition or event that a small amount of movable property is won or lost, (b) A lottery operated with the approval of the authorized authority. (2) "one who causes any one to gamble" means a person who causes gambling by knowingly providing a house, room, space or vehicle under his or her ownership, possession, use or custody or by providing any kind of instrument for gambling. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

(7) Convictions pronounced by a court shall be taken into account for the purpose of establishing recidivism in relation to the offence referred to in this Section. 126. Prohibition of soliciting alms (begging) or causing begging : (1) No person shall solicit alms (begging) in a public place or use a child for the purposes of begging under the pretense of singing, dancing, playing or doing any act or use other person for purposes of begging, in return for any kind of money or wages paid by him or her to that other person, or abet begging. (2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub amount of begging shall also be forfeited: instance onwards. Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, (1) begging by a sage, saint, hermit or monk visiting home to home as per the tradition practiced from time immemorial or begging in any religious or cultural work shall not be considered to be an offence under this Section, (2) "public place" means any road, street, park, motor vehicle stop, government office or office premises, and this term also includes a means of transport in public use. 127. Compensation to be paid: Where any harm or loss is caused to any harm or loss. offence. Chapter-6 Offences Relating to Arms and Ammunitions 129. Prohibition of manufacturing arms without obtaining license: (1) No person shall manufacture or repair arms and ammunition without obtaining a license or in a manner to be contrary to the terms and restrictions specified in the license, even if, obtained. Explanation : For the purposes of this Act, detonator, cartoos, fuse or other substance of similar nature to be placed in arms. offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees, according to the gravity of the risks of arms or ammunition in question. 130. Prohibition of transaction of arms without obtaining license : (1) No person shall transact arms and ammunition without obtaining a license or in a manner to be contrary to the terms and restrictions specified in the license, even if, obtained. Explanation : For the purposes of this Chapter, "transaction" the competent authority that such arms and ammunition are prohibited from being acquired or held by the public. (2) A person who acquires any arms set forth in sub-section (1) shall, within thirty-five days from the date of acquisition thereof, surrender such arms to the concerned District Administration Office. (3) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of exceeding seventy thousand rupees. arms in the course of discharging their respective duties. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees. 133. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017
National Penal (Code) Act, 2017

Obligation to maintain records of transaction of arms, ammunition: (1) A person who carries out transaction of arms or ammunition by obtaining a license shall maintain separate records of the arms and ammunition transacted by him or her. intends to carry out the transaction of arms and ammunition, he or she shall obtain approval of the concerned District Administration Office to that effect. (5) A person who does, or causes to be done, any act contrary to sub-section (1), (3) or (4) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees. 134. Prohibition of production or transaction of nuclear, chemical, biological (bacteriological) or toxin weapons: (1) No person shall manufacture, produce, procure, sell, acquire, own, transfer, stockpile, done at London, Moscow and Washington on 10 April, 1972. section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years and a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand rupees. 135. Forfeiture of movable, immovable property related to offence: In the event of the commission of any offence under this Chapter, the arms and ammunition related to such offence, and machinery, equipment, instrument or vehicle producing, manufacturing, retaining or transporting such arms and proceeds of the sale and accumulated therefrom shall be forfeited. victim. Chapter-7 Offences Relating to Explosives 138. Prohibition of production of explosives: (1) No person shall make, prepare or produce any kind of explosives without obtaining a license or in a manner to be contrary to the terms and restrictions specified in the license, even if, obtained. Explanation : For the purposes of this Act:, any means, formula, process or measure as to self detonate or detonate with the help of other substance, or other object containing explosive or substance of similar nature. (2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) Imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees, in the case of high explosives, machinery or instrument for producing or manufacturing explosives. (1) "high explosives" means dynamite, nitroglycerin, TNC, gelignite mornqtarlab, mercury fullunet, R.D.X. amatol, barotol, pentolite, stemite, selsightal, blastic explosive bomb and other explosive of similar nature. (2) "low explosives" means blastic powder, gunpowder, gun cotton, mercury or fullunet made of any other metal and other explosive of similar nature. (3) "ordinary explosives" means detonator, blastic cap, electronics blastic cap, fuse, firework, cracker and other explosives of similar nature. obtained. fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, in the case of low explosives, fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees, in the case of ordinary explosives. 140. National Penal (Code) Act, 2017