National Penal Code, 2074
- Act
- National Penal Code, 2074
- Year
- 2074
- Category
- Criminal
- Enacted by
- Legislature-Parliament of Nepal
- Summary
Nepal's codified criminal law, defining offences and their punishments and stating general principles of criminal liability. It replaced the penal provisions of the Muluki Ain, 2020 and came into force in 2075 (2018).
- Key provisions
- General principles: criminal intent (mens rea) and act (actus reus)
- Offences against the State and public order
- Offences against the person (homicide, hurt, sexual offences)
- Offences against property
- Statutory limitation for filing complaints