: (1) Armed Police personnel shall not be prosecuted in relation to any official work performed by an Armed Police personnel in accordance with the Act or this regulation or any other prevailing law without complying with the procedure as per sub-rule (2).< br> (2) According to sub-rule (1), in order to prosecute any armed police officer, the permission of the authority should be obtained in case of criminal case and in case of civil case, it should be as follows:-
(a) The written notice of the cause of action and the name and address of the plaintiff and his heirs, if any, has been delivered to the authority or the concerned armed police personnel or has been sent by registered mail and a copy of the same has been submitted to the Government of Nepal for more than two months, and
(b) The case has been filed within three months of the cause of action. (3) An armed police officer may not be prosecuted without the approval of the Government of Nepal, even after he has retired from service in connection with the duties of his position. (4) If approval is received from the Government of Nepal to prosecute the case according to sub-rule (3), the Government of Nepal will defend him.
(5) If an armed police officer is arrested by the Nepal Police, the information should be immediately given to the nearest armed police office and surrendered to the same office.