Kathmandu: A law has been enacted to sentence a person involved in corruption to a maximum of 14 years imprisonment. рдоा The Legislative Management Committee of the National Assembly has agreed to make a law of 14 years imprisonment for any amount of corruption.
As per the agreement, corruption of Rs 10 million to Rs 100 million is punishable by 8 to 10 years imprisonment. Similarly, 6 to 8 years for corruption of Rs 5 million to 10 million, 4 to 6 years for corruption of Rs 2.5 million to 5 million, 2 to 4 years for corruption of Rs 5 million to 25 million, 1 to 2 years for corruption of Rs 1 million to 5 million and Chairman of the committee, Parashuram Meghi Gurung, informed that an agreement has been reached in the committee to make a law to imprison those who commit corruption from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. It has been agreed to imprison for one to six months for corruption up to Rs 50,000.
In the 'Bill to Amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 BS' proposed by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the old provision of imprisonment for only 10 years for committing more than 10 million rupees of corruption was proposed. There is a legal provision to confiscate the bribe money and recover the same amount.
Such punishment has been written in the bill for a civil servant or a person who is about to become a national servant. 'A person who is about to become a public servant or a national servant for doing or not doing or doing or doing any work related to his position or for doing or doing any work or doing or doing any work for his position or related to it Or indirectly taking or approving a bribe will result in imprisonment, fines and fines, 'the bill reads.
MP Thagendra Prasad Puri had criticized the bill proposed by the Prime Minister's Office for trying to reduce the punishment for corruption. According to him, the current law provides for imprisonment for at least three months, but now it is trying to reduce the imprisonment to at least one month and the maximum sentence.
Congress MP Radheshyam Adhikari said that the acquisition of wealth would be important for the corrupt. "We have to think from the line of imposing heavy fines while enacting anti-corruption laws. Emphasis should be placed on imposing fines rather than imprisonment. The question now is whether to focus on imprisonment or control corruption, 'he said.
MP Ram Narayan Bidari had demanded that legal arrangements should be made to confiscate all the assets not only of the accused but also of the person who has earned such money. He said that government experts, former civil servants and reinstated employees were an obstacle for making strict anti-corruption laws.
MP Veduram Bhusal said that legal concessions should not be given to the corrupt. "Corruption should be punished as much as killing," he said. MP Pramila Kumari said that the bigger the bribe, the more imprisonment should be made. He said that those who embezzled billions of rupees should be imprisoned for at least 20 years as it was not right to imprison those who embezzled billions of rupees.
Similarly, those found guilty of corruption will be imprisoned for a minimum of one month. Citing the example of those who have been imprisoned for a day before, the lawmakers have agreed to keep the legal provision of imprisonment for at least one month. Now, if found guilty of corruption up to Rs 50,000, he will be sentenced to at least one month imprisonment.
As Nepal has signed the Convention against Corruption, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 BS is being amended to control irregularities and corruption in the public, private and political sectors.
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