Section 28
Exemption To Informer
28. Exemption to informer:
(1) If any person, out of the persons who has committed or caused the commission of theft, misrepresentation or concealment on a government contract, makes a report thereof to the prescribed authority prior to the filing of a complaint or petition of that matter, such a person shall be exempted from any action or punishment pursuant to this Act. Provided that where any amount in question has to be recovered from such a person, this Sub-section shall not be deemed to bar the recovering of such amount.
(2) Where the prevailing Nepal law provides for the giving of a commission to a person who makes a report on the commission of theft, misrepresentation or concealment on a government contract, half of such commission shall also be given to the informer as referred to in Sub- section (1).
(1) If any person, out of the persons who has committed or caused the commission of theft, misrepresentation or concealment on a government contract, makes a report thereof to the prescribed authority prior to the filing of a complaint or petition of that matter, such a person shall be exempted from any action or punishment pursuant to this Act. Provided that where any amount in question has to be recovered from such a person, this Sub-section shall not be deemed to bar the recovering of such amount.
(2) Where the prevailing Nepal law provides for the giving of a commission to a person who makes a report on the commission of theft, misrepresentation or concealment on a government contract, half of such commission shall also be given to the informer as referred to in Sub- section (1).