Kathmandu, June 6
A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today unanimously approved a proposal
seeking its consideration on the Bill to Amend Some Acts on Sexual Violence, 2022.
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Govinda Prasad Sharma Koirala had
presented the proposal related to this in the meeting.
The law minister also responded to questions raised by the lawmakers following the general
deliberation on the proposal. He said the government’s serious attention had been drawn
towards the topics raised by the MPs regarding the statute of limitations on offenses related to sexual violence.
Minister Koirala said that the Nepal Law Commission has been urged to study the matter of
statute of limitation from the day he assumed office and the required reforms would be made to this provision considering the Commission’s report.
He added that the Commission has also been asked to mention the positive and negative
consequences of increasing the statute of limitation. The law minister said the government was also serious about not depriving anyone of justice because of the statute of limitation.
(RSS)
