Constitution

Nepal 2015 Constitution (reviewed 2016)

SCHEDULE 5. List of Federal Powers/Jurisdiction (RELATED TO ARTICLE 57(1) AND 109

  1. Related to defense and army
    1. Protection of national unity and territorial integrity
    2. Related to national security
  2. Central police, armed police force, national intelligence and investigation, peace and security
  3. Central planning, central bank, financial policy, currency and banking, monetary policy, foreign grants, aids and loan.
  4. Monitoring and regulation of telecommunication, central telecom, radio frequency distribution, television and postal service
  5. Customs, excise-duty, value added tax (VAT), corporate income tax, individual income tax, tax on remuneration, passport fee, visa fee, tourism fee, service charge, penalties and fines
  6. Federal civil service, judicial service and other government services
  7. Policies and criteria related protection and multi-dimensional use of water resources
  8. International and inter-provincial electricity transmission lines
  9. Central statistics (national and international standards and qualities)
  10. Central level mega projects for electricity, irrigation and other projects
  11. Central university, central level academies, university standard and regulation, central library
  12. Central health policy (setting standard, quality and monitoring of the health services, national/special service provider hospitals, traditional treatment services, control of communicable diseases
  13. Federal legislature, federal executive, local level affairs, special structures
  14. International trades, exchange, ports and quarantines
  15. Civil aviation, international airports
  16. Foreign and diplomatic affairs, international relations and related to United Nations
  17. International treaties and agreements, extradition, mutual legal assistance and international border, international border river
  18. National transport policy, train and national highways management
  19. Laws related to Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts and Judicial Administration
  20. Citizenship, passport, visa, and immigration
  21. Nuclear energy, atmosphere and space related
  22. Intellectual property (including patent, design, copy right)
  23. War and defense
  24. Factory and production of arms and ammunitions
  25. Standards and metrology
  26. Mining, exploration
  27. National and international ecology management, national parks, wildlife reserves and wetlands, national forest policy, carbon services
  28. Insurance policy, securities, cooperative regulations
  29. Land use policy, housing development policy, tourism policy, environment adaptation
  30. Formulating criminal and civil laws
  31. Security press
  32. Social security and poverty alleviation
  33. Constitutional bodies and commissions of national importance
  34. Ancient monuments and places of archaeological importance
  35. Issues not listed in the federation, province and local level power or concurrent level power lists, along with other issues not mentioned in this constitution and law