Section 2
Definitions
2. Definitions: Unless the subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act,-
(a) “Domestic Violence” means any form of physical, mental, sexual and economic harm perpetrated by person to a person with whom
he/she has a family relationship and this word also includes any acts of reprimand or emotional harm.
(b) “Domestic relationship” means a relationship between two or more persons who are living together in a shared household and are related
by decent (consanguinity), marriage, adoption or are family members living together as a joint family; or a dependant domestic
help living in the same family.
(c) “Physical harm” means an act of committing or causing bodily harm or injury holding as a captive, inflicting physical pain or any other
act connected therewith and incidental thereto except the act of breaking the limbs of body (Angabhanga).
(d) “Mental harm” means any act of threatening the Victim of physical torture, showing terror, reprimanding him/her, accusing him/her of
false blame, forcefully evicting him/her from the house or otherwise causing injury or harm to the Victim emotionally and this expression
also includes any discrimination carried out on the basis of thought, religion or culture and customs and traditions.
(e) “Sexual harm” means sexual misbehaviour, humiliation, discouragement or harm in self respect of any person; or any other act that hampers safe sexual health.
(f) “Economic harm” means deprivation from using jointly or privately owned properly or deprivation of or access to employment
opportunities, economic resources or means.
(g) “Victim (Aggrieved person)” means any person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the defendant and who alleges to
have been subjected to an act of domestic violence by the perpetrator.
(h) “Perpetrator” means the person having family relations with the Victim and for whom the victim alleges to have been subjected to an
act of domestic violence and this word also includes any person involved in the domestic violence or in the accomplice of the crime.
(i) “Police Office” means a Police Office closest to the residence of the Victim, the perpetrator or that office which is closest to the scene of
crime and this word also includes the Children or Women Cell or Police Post or Police Sub-post under the District Police Office.
(j) “Court” means a court appointed by the Government of Nepal by a Notification in the Nepal Gazette.
(k) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Rules made under this Act.
(a) “Domestic Violence” means any form of physical, mental, sexual and economic harm perpetrated by person to a person with whom
he/she has a family relationship and this word also includes any acts of reprimand or emotional harm.
(b) “Domestic relationship” means a relationship between two or more persons who are living together in a shared household and are related
by decent (consanguinity), marriage, adoption or are family members living together as a joint family; or a dependant domestic
help living in the same family.
(c) “Physical harm” means an act of committing or causing bodily harm or injury holding as a captive, inflicting physical pain or any other
act connected therewith and incidental thereto except the act of breaking the limbs of body (Angabhanga).
(d) “Mental harm” means any act of threatening the Victim of physical torture, showing terror, reprimanding him/her, accusing him/her of
false blame, forcefully evicting him/her from the house or otherwise causing injury or harm to the Victim emotionally and this expression
also includes any discrimination carried out on the basis of thought, religion or culture and customs and traditions.
(e) “Sexual harm” means sexual misbehaviour, humiliation, discouragement or harm in self respect of any person; or any other act that hampers safe sexual health.
(f) “Economic harm” means deprivation from using jointly or privately owned properly or deprivation of or access to employment
opportunities, economic resources or means.
(g) “Victim (Aggrieved person)” means any person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the defendant and who alleges to
have been subjected to an act of domestic violence by the perpetrator.
(h) “Perpetrator” means the person having family relations with the Victim and for whom the victim alleges to have been subjected to an
act of domestic violence and this word also includes any person involved in the domestic violence or in the accomplice of the crime.
(i) “Police Office” means a Police Office closest to the residence of the Victim, the perpetrator or that office which is closest to the scene of
crime and this word also includes the Children or Women Cell or Police Post or Police Sub-post under the District Police Office.
(j) “Court” means a court appointed by the Government of Nepal by a Notification in the Nepal Gazette.
(k) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Rules made under this Act.