(1) A request made by a foreign state to the Government of Nepal for mutual legal assistance pursuant to this Act must be written in the Nepali language.
(2) If a request provided for in sub-section (1) is written in any foreign language and the original of the English text or formal translation of the text from another language to the English language is attached with the request, showing the reason that it is not practicable to translate such request into the Nepali language, such request shall be acceptable to the Central Authority or the concerned Court.