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| paramendra | Posted
on 29-Oct-02 11:37 AM
Source: The Himalayan Times .......that discrimination still exist on the basis of gender in the civil code and in the existing laws on matters relating to right to property, rape and army service. ........ The civil code contained 69 directly discriminating legal provisions before it was amended for the 11th time and following this there are still 28 such provisions ........ The Army Act, the Land Act, registration of births, deaths and personal incidents, the Act Defining Nepali Law, the Bonus Act, the Provident Fund Act, the Income Tax Act and the Children's Act account for 53 discriminatory provisions...........Likewise, 36 various rules and regulations contain 85 provisions that are discriminatory from the gender perspective. Anyone knows the details? |