Section 22
Appointment Of Sub-contractor By Contractor
22. Appointment of sub-contractor by contractor:
(1) Any contractor taking a government contract may perform the contract by appointing a sub-contractor on his or her behalf subject to the terms and conditions agreed on whiling taking the contract, and where a sub-contractor has been so appointed, a duly executed copy of the lease bond executed between the contractor and the sub-contractor or the deed of terms and conditions thereon has to be submitted or sent to the office or authority making arrangement of contract within fifteen days.
(2) If any contractor performing a contractor by appointing a sub-contractor pursuant to Sub-section (1) dies, the Government of Nepal shall not be bound to award the contract to the sub-contractor.
(3) Notwithstanding that any contractor has appointed a sub- contractor pursuant to Sub-section (1), the liability of the contractor towards the Government of Nepal in relation to that contract shall not cease but shall exist as previously.