(1) No
person shall, without prior approval of the Government of Nepal or
State Government or Local Level, obtain ownership of the following
building or land, whether making its registration or not, or otherwise
occupy, cultivate or encroach, or hinder or obstruct, in any way, the
possession or use of, such building or land:
(a) Any government building or land held in the name of
the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local
Level or a public body under the full or majority
ownership or control of the Government of Nepal, State
Government or Local Level,
(b) Any community or public house or land which has been
under community or public possession and use from
time immemorial.
(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, an
offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty
thousand rupees or both the sentences.
(3) Where any building, land mentioned in sub-section (1)
has already been registered in, or transmitted to, the name of any
individual, such registration or transmission also shall, ipso facto, be
void.