Section 2
Definitions:
- Definitions: Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this Act,
(b) “Offence” means any act referred to in Section 3.
(c) “Public place” means any place used for public purpose such as a governmental or non-governmental office, educational institute or industrial enterprise, ancient monument, inn, water tap, well, pond, Chautari, road or way, means of public transport, graveyard, garden, religious site of any kind, and this term also includes any other place where goods or services are sold or distributed publicly.
(d) “Public service” means any governmental or non-governmental office, public institution, transport, industrial enterprise or educational institute, company, firm, shop, hotel, resort, lodge, restaurant, cafe, film hall or theatre, and this term also includes any service and facility to be provided by any governmental or non-governmental body for public use or utility.
(e) “Public ceremony” means religious, social or cultural ceremony of any kind such a publicly organized feast or party, worshipping, religious offering, birth, naming, marriage ceremony, and death rites and rituals.
(f) “Public office holder” means a person who holds a post entitling him or her to exercise any public authority or obliging him or her to perform any duty or obligation pursuant to the Constitution, other prevailing law or any decision or order of the concerned body or authority, and this term also includes any incumbent official or employee holding any post in a public organization.
(g) “Prescribed or as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Rules framed under this Act.
2A. Right against untouchability and discrimination: (1) Each person shall have the right against untouchability and discrimination.
(2) Each person shall have the following rights pursuant to sub-section (1):
(a) Right to have equal treatment from the court or other judicial body,
(b) Right to equal protection in respect of the services and facilities to be provided by any governmental body,
(c) Right to equal access to public services,
(d) Right to make movement and reside within and outside Nepal,
(e) Right to equal participation in cultural activities,
(f) Right to marry and choose the bride or bridegroom,
(g) Right to assemble peacefully and organise,
(h) Right to select employment and to work,
(i) Right to have equal salary for an equal work,
(j) Right to have equal access to public places,
(k) Right to get prompt judicial remedies and appropriate compensation against untouchability and discrimination.