(1) Permission
may be granted to the following foreigner for the adoption of any
child of a Nepali citizen or of a foreigner domiciled in Nepal:
(a) A couple from whom no child is born even up to ten
years of their marriage,
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(b) An unmarried woman a widow, divorcee woman or a
judicially separated woman who has completed fortyfive
but not fifty-five years of age, having no son or
daughter,
(c) An unmarried man a widower, divorcee or a judicially
separated man who has completed forty-five but not
fifty-five years of age, having no son or daughter.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),
no permission may be granted to the following foreigner for
adoption:
(a) One who is of unsound mind,
(b) One who is convicted of a criminal offense involving
moral turpitude, by a court of Nepal or the concerned
country.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),
where the law of a foreign country provides that a citizen of that
country may adopt more than one child, he or she may adopt a child
despite that he or she has a child.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this
Section, a person of the country that prohibits a Nepali citizen from
adopting a child or provides discrimination between the rights of an
adopted son or a daughter and the rights of naturally born son or
daughter shall not be permitted to adopt a child from Nepal.