(1) The
Government of Nepal may, by a notification in the Nepal Gazette,
form an Inter-country Adoption Board so as to act as the central
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agency for the purpose of making recommendation for granting
permission to a foreigner for adoption of a child pursuant to this
Chapter or designate any government body to perform such
function.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter, the term
'Board' means the Inter-country Adoption Board, and this term
includes the government body designated to perform such function.
(2) The Board referred to in sub-section (1) shall be so
formed as to include one child right worker who has worked in the
field of the rights of the child for at least fifteen years.
(3) Other functions, powers and duties of the Board, in
addition to those mentioned elsewhere in this Chapter, shall be as
follows:
(a) To frame policies on inter-country adoption and
recommend the same to the Government of Nepal,
(b) To make coordination between the various
agencies on matters of inter-country adoption,
(c) To prevent undue financial and other advantage
likely to be exchanged while giving or taking
adoption,
(d) To make available any information required by the
central adoption agencies or other relevant public
agencies of other countries about the condition of
adopted sons or daughters,
(e) To prevent child abuse, exploitation, trafficking or
kidnapping likely to happen in effecting adoption
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and to protect Nepali children from any other
practice likely to harm them,
(f) To make recommendation to the Government of
Nepal to fix the charges applicable for adoption,
(g) To specify the form of application to be filed for
adoption,
(h) To make arrangements for maintaining
confidentiality of records of the minors desirous to
be adopted, their biological father and mother or
adoptive father and mother,
(i) To carry out such other functions relating to intercountry
adoption as may be required.
(4) Other matters including the procedures relating to the
meeting of the Board shall be as determined by the Board itself.