KATHMANDU, JULY 14
A meeting of the National Assembly today passed four bills. It unanimously endorsed the Social Security Bill-2022 received from the House of Representatives along with a message.
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand had tabled a proposal seeking the endorsement of the bill. He urged the lawmakers to pass the bill as it had come on the basis of agreement among the parties. The home minister argued that although social security allowance was the state's responsibility, it was necessary to properly manage the same.
Similarly, the meeting passed the Nepal Police and the Province Police (Work Operation, Supervision and Coordination) First Amendment Bill, 2022. This bill was also passed by a majority.
Likewise, the Upper House has unanimously endorsed the Bill Designed to Amend Some Acts Related to Criminal Offence and Criminal Procedures, 2022.
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Govinda Prasad Sharma Koirala presented a proposal seeking passage of the bill.
The National Assembly meeting today also passed by a majority the Bill Amending Some Acts against Sexual Violence, 2022. On the occasion, Minister Koirala said the bills had been presented in deference of the constitutional provision to table the ordinance in the Parliament.
He said the government had welcomed the resolution proposal related to sexual violence passed by the National Assembly, adding that it was ready to take it forward and fully implement it.
Earlier, National Assembly Secretary Rajendra Phuyal informed the meeting regarding the messages received with regard to three bills passed by the National Assembly and sent them along with messages to the House of Representatives.
These bills include the Medicine (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Bill on Security of Health Professionals and Health Institutions (First Amendment), 2022 and the Railway Bill, 2022. Senior member of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee Bamdev Gautam presented the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee, Annual Report, 2021-22 in the meeting.
Similarly, a senior member of the Legislation Committee Narayan Datta Mishra tabled the Legislation Committee, Annual Report, 2021-22 in the Assembly.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 15, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
