Constitution of Nepal 2015, as amended to 2020
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English

    (5) All offspring shall have the equal right to the ancestral property without discrimination on the ground of gender. (Art. 18)
  • Nepali

    (५) पैतृक सम्पत्तिमा लैंगिक भेदभाव विना सबै सन्तानको समान हक हुनेछ । (धारा १८)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English
    (1) Every citizen shall, subject to law, have the right to acquire, own, sell, dispose, acquire business profits from, and otherwise deal with, property.

    Explanation: For the purposes of this Article, "property" means any form of property including movable and immovable property, and includes an intellectual property right.
    … (Art. 25)
  • Nepali
    (१) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई कानूनको अधीनमा रही सम्पत्ति आर्जन गर्ने, भोग गर्ने, बेचबिखन गर्ने, व्यावसायिक लाभ प्राप्त गर्ने र सम्पत्तिको अन्य कारोबार गर्ने हक हुनेछ ।

    स्पष्टीकरणः यस धाराको प्रयोजनका लागि “सम्पत्ति” भन्नाले चल अचल लगायत सबै प्रकारको सम्पत्ति सम्झनु पर्छ र सो शब्दले बौद्धिक सम्पत्ति समेतलाई जनाउँछ ।
    ... (धारा २५)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English
    The privacy of any person, his or her residence, property, document, data, correspondence and matters relating to his or her character shall, except in accordance with law, be inviolable. (Art. 28)
  • Nepali
    कुनै पनि व्यक्तिको जीउ, आवास, सम्पत्ति, लिखत, तथ्यांक, पत्राचार र चरित्र सम्बन्धी विषयको गोपनीयता कानून बमोजिम बाहेक अनतिक्रम्य हुनेछ । (धारा २८)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English


    (6) The husband and wife shall have the equal right to property and family affairs. (Art. 38)

  • Nepali


    (६) सम्पत्ति तथा पारिवारिक मामिलामा दम्पतीको समान हक हुनेछ । (धारा ३८)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English

    (5) The State shall once provide land to the landless Dalit in accordance with law.

    (7) The facilities conferred by this Article to the Dalit community must be distributed in a just manner so that the Dalit women, men and Dalit in all communities can obtain such facilities proportionately. (Art. 40)
  • Nepali

    (५) राज्यले भूमिहीन दलितलाई कानून बमोजिम एक पटक जमीन उपलब्ध गराउनु पर्नेछ ।
    ...
    (७) दलित समुदायलाई यस धाराद्वारा प्रदत्त सुविधा दलित महिला, पुरुष र सबै समुदायमा रहेका दलितले समानुपातिक रूपमा प्राप्त गर्ने गरी न्यायोचित वितरण गर्नु पर्नेछ । (धारा ४०)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English

    (4) Every farmer shall have the right to have access to lands for agro activities, select and protect local seeds and agro species which have been used and pursued traditionally, in accordance with law.
    … (Art. 42)
  • Nepali

    (४) प्रत्येक किसानलाई कानून बमोजिम कृषि कार्यकालागि भूमिमा पहुँच, परम्परागत रूपमा प्रयोग र अवलम्बन गरिएको स्थानीय बीउ बिजन र कृषि प्रजातिको छनौट र संरक्षणको हक हुनेछ ।
    ... (धारा ४२)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English
    The State shall pursue the following policies:

    (e) Policies relating to agriculture and land reforms:
    (1) to make scientific land reforms having regard to the interests of the farmers, while ending the dual ownership existing in the lands,
    … (Art. 51)
  • Nepali
    राज्यले देहायका नीतिहरू अवलम्बन गर्नेछः–
    ...
    (ङ) कृषि र भूमिसुधार सम्बन्धी नीतिः
    (१) भूमिमा रहेको दोहोरो स्वामित्व अन्त्य गर्दै किसानको हितलाई ध्यानमा राखी वैज्ञानिक भूमिसुधार गर्ने,
    ... (धारा ५१)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English
    (1) The Federal Parliament shall make necessary laws in relation to the rights of the trust and the farmers enjoying possessory rights over trust lands in a manner not to be prejudicial to the basic norms of the trusts.
    … (Art. 290)
  • Nepali
    (१) गुठीको मूलभूत मान्यतामा प्रतिकूल असर नपर्नेगरी गुठी जग्गामा भोगाधिकार भैरहेका किसान एवं गुठीको अधिकारका सम्बन्धमा संघीय संसदले आवश्यक कानून बनाउनेछ ।
    ... (धारा २९०)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English

    16. Management of lands, land records
    … (Schedule 6, List of Provincial Powers/Jurisdiction)
  • Nepali

    (१६) भूमि व्यवस्थापन, जग्गाको अभिलेख
    ... (अनुसूची–६, प्रदेशको अधिकारको सूची)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English

    5. Laws relating to family affairs (marriage, transfer of property, divorce, persons on the verge of extinction, orphan, adoption, succession and joint family)
    6. Acquisition, requisitioning of property and creation of right in property

    24. Land policies and laws relating thereto
    … (Schedule 7, List of Concurrent (federal and provincial) Powers/Jurisdiction)
  • Nepali

    (५) पारिवारिक मामिला (विवाह, सम्पत्ति हस्तान्तरण, सम्बन्ध विच्छेद, लोपोन्मुख, टुहुरा, धर्मपुत्र, धर्मपुत्री उत्तराधिकार र संयुक्त परिवार) सम्बन्धी कानून
    (६) सम्पत्ति प्राप्ति, अधिग्रहण र अधिकारको सृजना

    (२४) भूमि नीति र सो सम्बन्धी कानून
    ... (अनुसूची–७, संघ र प्रदेशको साझा अधिकारको सूची)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English

    14. Distribution of house and land ownership certificates
    … (Schedule 8, List of Powers/Jurisdiction for Local Level)
  • Nepali

    (१४) घर जग्गा धनी पुर्जा वितरण
    ... (अनुसूची–८, स्थानीय तहको अधिकारको सूची)
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Constitution of Nepal 2015, as amended to 2020 (English). According to Art. 7(1): “The Nepali language in the Devnagari script shall be the official language of Nepal.”

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