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National Penal Code 2017
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 244: Prohibition of robbery:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of seven to fourteen years and a fine of seventy thousand to one hundred forty thousand rupees, in the case of the offence referred to in clause (a) or (b) of sub-section (2), (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years and a fine of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand rupees, in the case of the offence referred to in clause (c) or (d) of sub-section (2).
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 245: Prohibition of movement carrying tools to be used in commission
of theft: (1) No person shall, with the intention of committing theft or robbery, move around or enter into or attempt to enter into the house of any person carrying instruments such as any tool, object, arms, duplicate key, gloves and ladder that may be used in the commission of theft or robbery.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 245: Prohibition of movement carrying tools to be used in commission
Subsection (2)
A person who so moves, enters into or attempts to enter into as referred to in sub-section (1) shall, unless otherwise proved, be considered to have moved, entered into or attempted to enter into, with the intention of committing theft.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 245: Prohibition of movement carrying tools to be used in commission
Subsection (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 imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences. 246. Prohibition of pickpocketing: (1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, pickpocketing.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 245: Prohibition of movement carrying tools to be used in commission
Subsection (2)
For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who steals cash or property from the pocket of another person who is walking on foot, traveling on a vehicle or staying in a public place or from his or her accompanying purse, bag or means of any other kind, with or without notice of such other person, shall be considered to commit pickpocketing. Provided that where a person pick-pockets a cash amount of more than ten thousand rupees or property valued at more than ten thousand rupees, the person shall be considered to commit the offence referred to in Section 241.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 245: Prohibition of movement carrying tools to be used in commission
Subsection (3)
A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or a fine equal to the claimed amount or both the sentences, in the case of the commission of pickpocketing for the first time, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or a fine equal to the claimed amount or both the sentences, for each instance from the second time onwards.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 247: Claimed amount to be recovered: The claimed amount, if any,
involved in the offence referred to in this Chapter shall be forfeited from the offender of such offence and paid to the owner of that property. If the offender has already spent the property formed of the claimed amount, property equal to the value of claimed amount shall be ordered to be paid to the owner.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 248: Statute of limitation: No complaint shall lie after the expiry of three
months from the date of commission of the offence in the case of any of the offences under Sections 245 and 246 and after six months from the date of knowledge of commission of the offence in the case of any of the other offences under this Chapter.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 249: Prohibition of cheating:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, cheating.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 249: Prohibition of cheating:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who dishonestly causes any kind of loss, damage or injury to another person whom he or she makes believe in some matter or to any other person or obtains any benefit for him or her or any one else by omitting to do as per such belief or by inducement, fraudulent, dishonest or otherwise deceptive act or preventing such other person from doing any act shall be considered to commit cheating. Explanation: Where the victim of cheating has got a deed executed by the cheater, the deed shall apply to that matter.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 249: Prohibition of cheating:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees, in the case of cheating the Government of Nepal or any body under full or majority ownership or control of the Government of Nepal, except in cases of corruption, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, in the case of cheating by lying one's name, designation, title, qualification, (c) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees in the cases of any kind of cheating other than that referred to in clause (a) or (b).
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 249: Prohibition of cheating:
Subsection (4)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, in addition to the sentence set forth in sub-section (3), shall be imposed in the case of cheating a child, person of unsound mind, helpless, illiterate or person above seventy-five years of age.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 250: Prohibition of causing difference in bid or contract:
(1) No person who has undertaken the responsibility of carrying out any construction related work or other work or other person who acts on his or her behalf shall, with dishonest intent, carry out, or cause to be carried out, the construction or other work, by not using the materials of the specified standards or quality or by altering the quantity of the materials to be used or otherwise using materials not conforming to the specified quality.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 250: Prohibition of causing difference in bid or contract:
Subsection (2)
(1) No A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (3) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 250: Prohibition of causing difference in bid or contract:
Subsection (3)
(1) No No person who has undertaken the responsibility of supplying any materials, goods or services or other person who acts on his or her behalf shall, with dishonest intent, supply materials, goods or services falling short of the quality or quantity or otherwise provide materials, goods or services not conforming to the specified quality.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 250: Prohibition of causing difference in bid or contract:
Subsection (4)
(1) No 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 five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 251: Prohibition of criminal misappropriation of property:
(1) No person shall make, or cause to be made, criminal misappropriation of property.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 251: Prohibition of criminal misappropriation of property:
Subsection (2)
(1) No For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who does any of the following acts shall be considered to commit criminal misappropriation of property: (a) To dishonestly possess and use, cause loss and damage to or misappropriate a property belonging to another person or rent, sell or dispose it without consent of that other person. Provided that if the real owner of an adjoining land uses the property belonging to another person, by mistakenly making normal encroachment of the boundary, he or she shall not be considered to commit the offence referred to in this clause. (b) To dishonestly appropriate or otherwise convert any property not in the possession of any other person to his or her own use, knowing or having the means of discovering the owner of such property, or without returning such property to such owner within a reasonable time, or without giving notice to the owner to claim the property or without waiting the owner of such property until a reasonable time. Provided that where the finder in good faith appropriates a property to his or her own use when the owner of the property is not discovered despite reasonable efforts or the owner does not claim the property within a reasonable time after the giving of notice, he or she shall not be considered to commit the offence referred to in this Section.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 251: Prohibition of criminal misappropriation of property:
Subsection (3)
(1) No 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) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or both the sentences, in the case of criminal misappropriation of property which was in the possession of a deceased person at the time of that person's demise and has not since been in the possession of his or her legal successor, or criminal misappropriation of property belonging to a child, a person of unsound mind due to mental or physical illness, or a person above seventy-five years of age, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences, in the case of criminal misappropriation of property in cases other than that set forth in clause (a).
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 251: Prohibition of criminal misappropriation of property:
Subsection (4)
(1) No If any property subjected to criminal misappropriation under this Section is in a returnable condition, the person who so misappropriates shall return the property to the concerned owner or to his or her immediate successor if the owner is dead.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 252: Prohibition of criminal breach of trust:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, criminal breach of trust.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 252: Prohibition of criminal breach of trust:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who does any of the following acts shall be considered to commit, or cause the commission of, criminal breach of trust: (a) To dishonestly appropriate or otherwise convert to his or her own use other's property which is under his or her custody or protection or to dishonestly appropriate such property in his or her own use, or allow such property to be used by, or dispose, or cause the disposal, of such property to, another person, in violation of any contract, deed of conditions or law concerning the use of such property, (b) To cause any loss, damage or injury by a person, who is entrusted with responsibility or has lawful duty of doing any work or transaction of another person or who acts as an agent of another in relation to any work or transaction, to that other person by doing any act in violation of his or her duty with the intention of causing benefit to himself or herself or any one else.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 252: Prohibition of criminal breach of trust:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall 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) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, in the case of the commission of criminal breach of trust by a person in the capacity of manager, director, employee or agent of any organization or by a person entrusted with the responsibility of carrying a property from one place to another or keeping it safely in a warehouse or any other place or with a legal duty to do so, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or both the sentences, in the case of the commission of criminal breach of trust by any person other than that set forth in clause (a).
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 253: Prohibition of extortion:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, extortion.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 253: Prohibition of extortion:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who puts any person in fear or terror of any injury to that person or to any other person and dishonestly takes any benefit from that person for himself or herself or any other person or induces that person to do, or prevents that person from doing, any act with the intention of taking such benefit shall be considered to commit extortion.
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Chapter-21: Offences Relating to Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust and
Section 253: Prohibition of extortion:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees, in the case of putting a person in fear or terror of death, grievous hurt or serious injury, with the intention of committing extortion, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees, in the case of commission of extortion by showing fear or terror with the intention of causing any damage to any other person's business or making a false accusation in respect of such person's character, (c) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences, in the case of the commission of extortion in cases other than that set forth in clause (a) or (b). 254. Compensation: Where any injury or damage is caused to any person from the commission of the offence referred to in this Chapter, the claimed amount, if set out, and a reasonable compensation, if the claimed amount is not set out, shall be ordered to be paid by the offender to the victim. 255. Statute of limitation: No complaint shall lie after the expiry of one year from the date of knowledge of commission of any offence under this Chapter.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 256: Prohibition of counterfeiting currency:
(1) No person shall counterfeit, or attempt to counterfeit, any currency.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 256: Prohibition of counterfeiting currency:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall 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 of five to ten years and a fine of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand rupees, having regard to the quantity and value of the currency counterfeited. Explanation: For the purpose of this Chapter,- (a)    “currency” means any kind of currency note, postal order, postal note, money order, cheque, draft, traveler's cheque, letter of credit, letter of exchange, bond and credit card, and this term also includes such other similar kind of monetary instrument as specified by the Bank, as required, by publishing and circulating a public notice. (b)  "counterfeit currency" means a currency which is so forged in an unauthorized manner or counterfeit as resembling or having reason to believe it to be a currency issued by the Government of Nepal or Nepal Rastra Bank or foreign government or competent foreign body.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 257: Prohibition of using counterfeit currency:
(1) No person shall, with the intention of using as genuine, purchase, sell, export, import, transact, or use as genuine, any counterfeit currency or attempt to do such act or possess such currency.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 257: Prohibition of using counterfeit currency:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall, A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 258: Prohibition of making, possessing or repairing instruments for
counterfeiting currency: (1) No person shall make, repair, purchase, sell, give, take, export, import or possess any instrument or other material knowing that or having a reasonable reason to believe that it is intended to be used in or for forging or counterfeiting currency.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 258: Prohibition of making, possessing or repairing instruments for
Subsection (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 seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 259: Prohibition of making currency contrary to standards:
(1) No authority or person entrusted by the law in force to make currency shall knowingly make currency in contravention of the standards specified by law, make currency in violation of the terms and restrictions applicable to the making of currency, make currency in excess of the quantity specified or do any act with the intention of making currency with such deviation or cause benefit to himself or herself or any other person from such act or facilitate such act.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 259: Prohibition of making currency contrary to standards:
Subsection (2)
(1) No 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 seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 260: Prohibition of taking outside currency making instruments:
(1) No person shall, except with the order of the competent authority under law, take any currency making machinery, equipment or other instrument out of the place where currency is made.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 260: Prohibition of taking outside currency making instruments:
Subsection (2)
(1) 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.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 261: Prohibition of diminishing weight or altering form of currency
Subsection (1)
the composition of metallic element or export, import or possess currency, by causing the currency of one type to appear like the currency of another type, with the intention of using it as genuine or knowing that it may be used as genuine.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 261: Prohibition of diminishing weight or altering form of currency
Subsection (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.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 262: Prohibition of bringing prohibited currency into use:
(1) No person shall bring into use, exchange or possess a currency in use but circulation of which has been banned by order of the competent authority under law, in violation of such order.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 262: Prohibition of bringing prohibited currency into use:
Subsection (2)
(1) No 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, and the currency so brought into use, exchanged or possessed shall also be forfeited.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 263: Prohibition of burning, tearing, melting bank notes or coins or
writing on bank notes: (1) No person shall, except with the order of the competent authority, burn a coin or bank note tendered as currency or so melt or tear it that it is incapable of being used.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 263: Prohibition of burning, tearing, melting bank notes or coins or
Subsection (2)
No person shall write on or cross off bank notes.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 263: Prohibition of burning, tearing, melting bank notes or coins or
Subsection (3)
A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) or (2) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months and a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 264: Prohibition of misusing torn bank notes:
(1) No person who is entrusted by order of the competent authority under law with a duty of burning or disposing off the torn notes held to be burnt or disposed of because such bank notes tendered as currency are worn and torn or letters, signs or sizes are unrecognizable or such notes cannot be brought into use for any other reason shall bring into use such bank notes or refrain from burning or disposing of such notes or give them to another person dishonestly intending to obtain any kind of benefit therefrom.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 264: Prohibition of misusing torn bank notes:
Subsection (2)
(1) 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 and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 265: Forfeiture: The currency, machine, equipment or tools used in, and
materials related to, the commission of any offence under this Chapter shall be forfeited
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Chapter-22: Offences Relating to Currency
Section 266: Statute of limitation: No complaint shall lie after the expiry of one
year from the date of knowledge of commission of any offence under this Chapter.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 267: Prohibition of counterfeiting stamps or using counterfeit stamps
Subsection (1)
counterfeit, attempt to counterfeit a stamp, purchase, sell, exchange, export or import a counterfeit stamp, or use or attempt to use as genuine, or possess, such stamp. Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter,- (a) "stamp" means a postal stamp or other  revenue stamp to be affixed to a document, and this term also includes the sign of a stamp affixed to or printed on an envelope, post letter or any other object or a sticker to be used for the purpose of stamp. (b) "counterfeit stamp" means a forged stamp made in an unauthorized manner so that it resembles a stamp referred to in clause (a), and this term also includes a stamp that has once been used.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 267: Prohibition of counterfeiting stamps or using counterfeit stamps
Subsection (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.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 268: Prohibition of purchasing, selling, repairing instruments for
counterfeiting stamps: (1) No person shall make, repair, purchase, sell, exchange, possess any machinery or other instrument knowing or having reasonable ground to believe that it is intended to be used for the purpose of counterfeiting any stamp.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 268: Prohibition of purchasing, selling, repairing instruments for
Subsection (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.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 269: Prohibition of re-using stamp used before:
(1) No person, knowing that any stamp is a stamp already used before, shall re-use as genuine such stamp or erase, efface or remove any seal or mark put or impressed upon any stamp with the intention of using it as genuine or attempt to do so.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 269: Prohibition of re-using stamp used before:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person, 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.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 270: Prohibition of removing from public document stamp used for
it: (1) No person shall remove, or attempt to remove, from a public document a stamp which has been used for it.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 270: Prohibition of removing from public document stamp used for
Subsection (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.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 271: Forfeiture: Any stamp, tool, instrument or other material related to
the commission of any offence referred to in this Chapter shall be forfeited.
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Chapter-23: Offences Relating to Stamps
Section 272: Statute of limitation: No complaint shall lie after the expiry of one
year from the date of knowledge of commission of any offence under this Chapter.
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Chapter-24: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Section 273: Prohibition of making or using false instrument for weighing
and measuring: (1) No person shall make, or cause to be made, any instrument for weighing, measuring or determining quality standards in a manner that it does not conform to the specified standards or knowingly use as genuine any instrument so made for weighing, measuring or determining quality standards or possess or sell such instrument which is intended to be so used or make false seal or mark to be affixed to such instrument or tamper the seal or mark affixed to the instrument for weighing, measuring or determining quality standards or manipulate, with the help of any other instrument, the weighing, measuring or quality determining ability of such instrument or affix a false seal or mark to such instrument or, by way of any other means, make any weight or measure different from the prevalent one. Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, the term "instrument for weighing, measuring or determining quality standards" means an instrument in use under the law to measure or determine the unit, quality or quantity of any good or service or purity or standards of such good or service or unit of any thing.
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Chapter-24: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Section 273: Prohibition of making or using false instrument for weighing
Subsection (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 and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-24: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Section 273: Prohibition of making or using false instrument for weighing
Subsection (3)
Any instrument made or brought into use under subsection (1) and tool for making or repairing such instrument shall also be forfeited.
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Chapter-24: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Section 274: Prohibition of fraudulent use of instrument for weighing,
measuring or determining quality standards: (1) In using the instrument for weighing, measuring or determining quality standards in the course of any business, transaction or trade, no person shall fraudulently use such instrument in a manner to be different from the weight, measure or standard specified for use or, with the help of any other instrument or means, cause adverse effect to the weighing, measuring or quality determination by such instrument as per the prevailing weights and measures.
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Chapter-24: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Section 274: Prohibition of fraudulent use of instrument for weighing,
Subsection (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 and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-24: Offences Relating to Weights and Measures
Section 275: Statute of limitation: No complaint shall lie in relation to any
offence under this Chapter after the expiry of three months from the date of knowledge of commission of such offence.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, forgery.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who makes a false document or false electronic record or a part or portion of a document or electronic record, with intent to cause any harm, injury or damage to the public or to any person or to render any benefit to the person himself or herself or to any person shall be considered to commit forgery. Explanation: For the purposes of this Section,- (a) "document" means signature, thumb impression, seal affixed on any document and the figure, word, date or any other content set forth in any document. (b) "making a false document" means any of the following acts:
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (1)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be to dishonestly prepare a document or part of a document, make or transmit an electronic record, archive digitals in an electronic record, with the intention of causing it to be believed that such document was made, written, signed or sealed by the person or authority who has not actually made, written, signed or sealed the document,
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be to, without lawful authority or dishonestly, add or delete any content to or from, strike out, change or otherwise alter or make unclear any content of a document or electronic record,
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be to cause any person to make, sign, seal, or alter any content of, a document knowing that such person by reason of being of unsound mind due to mental illness or intoxication of liquors or narcotics or by reason of deception practiced on him or her cannot know the meaning of any contents set down in the document,
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (4)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be to prepare or use any envelope, paper signed and delivered or any seal delivered for  a work or purpose other than that for which such envelope, paper or seal was signed, and delivered.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A person who commits the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a document authenticated by the President, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight years and a fine not exceeding eighty thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a judgment or order of a court, (c) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a government or public document other than that referred to in clauses (a) and (b), (d) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a document other than that referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c).
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (4)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A person who has already disposed of property which he or she has obtained by committing forgery shall be liable to an additional fine equal to the claimed amount, in addition to the sentence referred in sub-section (3).
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 276: Prohibition of forgery:
Subsection (5)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be Where a person obtains any property by committing forgery, the person shall return such property to the concerned owner; and in the event that such property has already been disposed of, the claimed amount of such property shall be caused to be recovered to the owner from any other property of the offender.
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Section 277: Prohibition of possessing or using as genuine a forged document
Subsection (1)
believe that a document is a forged one, possess such document, with intent to dishonestly use such document as genuine.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 277: Prohibition of possessing or using as genuine a forged document
Subsection (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 and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 277: Prohibition of possessing or using as genuine a forged document
Subsection (3)
A person who uses as genuine any document which he or she knows or has a reasonable reason to believe to be a forged document shall be liable to the sentence in the same manner as if he or she had forged such document.
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Section 278: Prohibition of making instrument for making forged document
Subsection (1)
seal or other instrument for making a forged document, with the intention of using it in establishing or making a forged document, or knowingly or having a reasonable reason to believe that it may be used in such act.
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Section 278: Prohibition of making instrument for making forged document
Subsection (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 four years and a fine not exceeding forty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 279: Prohibition of committing fraud:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, fraud.
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Section 279: Prohibition of committing fraud:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who, with intent to disentitle any one, expire the statute of limitation or appointed date for presence of, or cause, in any manner, loss, damage, injury or benefit to, any one, knowingly does an act stating that any thing has happened or been done which has not happened or been done in fact or makes or signs a document containing a false date, figure or content or causes another person to sign such document or showing that he or she has entitlement in any thing in which he or she has no such entitlement in fact, which does not constitute the offence of forgery, shall be considered to commit the offence of fraud.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 279: Prohibition of committing fraud:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or 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.
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Section 279: Prohibition of committing fraud:
Subsection (4)
(1) No person shall commit, or A person who has already disposed of property which he or she has obtained by committing fraud shall be liable to an additional fine equal to the claimed amount, in addition to the sentence referred in sub-section (3).
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Section 279: Prohibition of committing fraud:
Subsection (5)
(1) No person shall commit, or Where a person obtains any property by committing fraud, the person shall return such property to the concerned owner; and in the event that such property has already been disposed of, the claimed amount of such property shall be caused to be recovered to the owner from any other property of the offender.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 280: Prohibition of using as genuine a fraudulent document:
(1) No person shall, knowingly or having a reason to believe that a document is a fraudulent one, use such document as genuine.
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Chapter-25: Offences Relating to Documents
Section 280: Prohibition of using as genuine a fraudulent document:
Subsection (2)
(1) No A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to the sentence in the same manner as if he or she had committed fraud.
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Section 281: Liable to punishment as accomplice: A person who becomes a
witness to, or writes, a document knowing that the document is a forged one shall be considered as an accomplice of the offence of forgery.
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Section 281: Liable to punishment as accomplice: A person who becomes a
Subsection (2)
An accomplice referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to half the sentence set forth in sub-section (3) of Section 273.
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Section 282: Compensation ordered to be paid: Where any loss or damage is
caused to any person from the commission of any offence referred to in this Chapter, a reasonable compensation shall be ordered to be paid by the offender to such person who has suffered such loss or damage.
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Section 283: Statute of limitation: No complaint shall lie, in relation to the
offence of forgery of a public document after the expiry of two years from the date of knowledge of commission of such offence, and in relation to any of the other offences under this Chapter, after the expiry of six months from the date of knowledge of commission of such offence.
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Chapter-26: Offences Relating to Criminal Trespass and Criminal Mischief
Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, criminal trespass into the property of another person.
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Chapter-26: Offences Relating to Criminal Trespass and Criminal Mischief
Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who, with intent to do the following act, enters, in an unauthorized manner, and whether doing manhandling or not, into a property owned or possessed by another person without obtaining such other person’s permission or enters into such property with such permission but remains in, or continues to occupy or use, that property with intent thereby to do any of such acts shall be considered to commit criminal trespass: (a) Committing any offence, or (b) Intimidating, insulting or annoying the owner or possessor of the property.
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Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall A person commits the offence referred to in sub-section
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Chapter-26: Offences Relating to Criminal Trespass and Criminal Mischief
Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (1)
(1) No person shall (a) In the case of a person who commits criminal trespass for the purpose referred to in clause (a) of sub-section
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Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall attempt to such offence, (b) In the case of criminal trespass into a government office or human dwelling house for the purpose referred to in clause (b) of sub-section
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Chapter-26: Offences Relating to Criminal Trespass and Criminal Mischief
Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences. Explanation: For the purposes of this Section,-
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Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (1)
(1) No person shall A place of temporary residence shall also be considered to be a house.
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Section 284: Prohibition of committing criminal trespass:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall Entry into, or use of, a way, passage, water collection center, irrigation canal, graveyard, temple that have been in public use for time immemorial shall not be considered to be criminal trespass.
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Section 285: Prohibition of committing criminal mischief:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, criminal mischief.
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Section 285: Prohibition of committing criminal mischief:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who does any of the following acts shall be considered to commit criminal mischief: (a) Destroying, or doing such act as to diminish the value, importance or utility of, any government, public or private property, with the intention of causing any harm, loss or damage to the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level, any body corporate under full or majority ownership or control of the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level or public or any person, or knowing or having a reasonable reason to believe that such damage is likely to be caused, or causing such damage by a negligent or reckless act, (b) Causing loss, damage or wrongful injury to, or doing any act that causes injury to, or knowingly causing any kind of obstruction, loss, damage or wrongful injury to the utility of, any public or private sewerage, water canal, drinking water pond, road, bridge or any means of communications or transportation and the like, (c) Destroying, removing, erasing or tampering any mark or sign fixed for public convenience, except for any act done in pursuance of an order of the competent authority, by spreading rumors or using any means of deception, (e) Concealing, or dishonestly causing delay in the delivery of, any correspondence, notice, parcel or other object of another person.