Section 15
Ownership, Use And Right Of Possession Of Housing
(1) After the housing is provided for the citizen, upon construction by the Government of Nepal, Provincial Government or Local Level pursuant to this Act, arrangement may be made for the ownership of such housing to be vested in single, group or joint ownership of the person, family or community obtaining such housing facility.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), it shall not prevent from providing only the right of possession to the person or family concerned on such housing.
(3) If the housing facility has been provided under single ownership of any one person and family, the same person and family having ownership shall have to reside in it.
(4) If the housing facility has been provided under group or joint ownership, all the persons settling in it shall have the ownership of such housing.
(5) Without obtaining approval of the Government of Nepal or the concerned Provincial Government or Local Level, providing such housing facility, obtaining loan by pledging and mortgaging in the bank, financial or other institution, selling, lending or giving on rent or lease or transferring ownership to other person or relinquishing the right in any manner from the housing provided under single, group or joint ownership of any person and family pursuant to sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall be forbidden.
Provided that, partitioning between the coparceners under the prevailing law, and transferring and transmitting to the name of the heir after his or her death or inheriting or transferring ownership with any other descriptions shall not be prevented.
(6) Any act contrary to the provision of sub-section (5) shall ipso facto be void, and the Government of Nepal or Provincial Government or Local Level, which has provided housing, shall automatically have the ownership of such housing.
(7) The Government of Nepal or Provincial Government or Local Level providing housing may provide such housing referred to in sub-section (6) to other displaced, homeless persons and families.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), it shall not prevent from providing only the right of possession to the person or family concerned on such housing.
(3) If the housing facility has been provided under single ownership of any one person and family, the same person and family having ownership shall have to reside in it.
(4) If the housing facility has been provided under group or joint ownership, all the persons settling in it shall have the ownership of such housing.
(5) Without obtaining approval of the Government of Nepal or the concerned Provincial Government or Local Level, providing such housing facility, obtaining loan by pledging and mortgaging in the bank, financial or other institution, selling, lending or giving on rent or lease or transferring ownership to other person or relinquishing the right in any manner from the housing provided under single, group or joint ownership of any person and family pursuant to sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall be forbidden.
Provided that, partitioning between the coparceners under the prevailing law, and transferring and transmitting to the name of the heir after his or her death or inheriting or transferring ownership with any other descriptions shall not be prevented.
(6) Any act contrary to the provision of sub-section (5) shall ipso facto be void, and the Government of Nepal or Provincial Government or Local Level, which has provided housing, shall automatically have the ownership of such housing.
(7) The Government of Nepal or Provincial Government or Local Level providing housing may provide such housing referred to in sub-section (6) to other displaced, homeless persons and families.