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Nepal's Legal Codes: Muluki Ain to the Civil & Criminal Codes
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Quiz: Nepal's Legal Codes

Check your understanding of Nepal's legal codes — from the historic Muluki Ain to today's Civil and Criminal Codes.

Question 1 of 6
At whose initiative was Nepal's first Muluki Ain (1854) created?
Nepal's first comprehensive legal code, the Muluki Ain of 1854 (1910 BS), was drafted and promulgated at the initiative of Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana.
Question 2 of 6
What did King Mahendra's 1963 revision of the Muluki Ain famously abolish in law?
The 1963 (2020 BS) revision formally abolished caste-based discrimination and untouchability in law and declared equality before the law regardless of caste, religion or sex.
Question 3 of 6
In which year did new codes fully replace the Muluki Ain?
On 17 August 2018 (Bhadra 1, 2075 BS), the Muluki Ain was replaced by the modern Civil Code, Criminal Code and their procedure codes.
Question 4 of 6
Which code today governs marriage, divorce, property and inheritance?
The Muluki Civil Code 2074 (देवानी संहिता) governs private matters such as marriage, divorce, family property partition and inheritance.
Question 5 of 6
Which code defines crimes and their punishments?
The Muluki Criminal Code 2074 (the National Penal Code) defines what conduct is a crime and the punishment it carries.
Question 6 of 6
A major reform of the 2074 codes was to:
The 2074 codes separated civil and criminal law into distinct codes, each with its own procedure code — a key modernisation over the combined Muluki Ain. (Nepal has, in fact, abolished the death penalty.)
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