Section 6
Right To Privacy
(1) The victim shall have the right to privacy in the course of investigation, enquiry, prosecution and court proceedings of the following offences:
(a) Rape,
(b) Incest,
(c) Human trafficking,
(d) Sexual harassment,
(e) Such other criminal offence as prescribed by the Government of Nepal by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette.
(2) No person shall disclose the identity of the victim in any manner, in the offences referred to in sub-section (1).
(3) Where it is required to have any deed executed by, take statement or deposition of, the victim in the course of investigation, enquiry and court proceedings of the offences referred to in sub-section (1), it shall be done as follows, if the victim so desires:
(a) By presenting the victim, without disclosing his or her identity,
(b) By making the victim change his or her actual voice,
(c) By using the audio-visual dialogue technology in such a way that the accused cannot see and hear,
(d) By making provision so that the accused cannot see or her or can only hear.
(a) Rape,
(b) Incest,
(c) Human trafficking,
(d) Sexual harassment,
(e) Such other criminal offence as prescribed by the Government of Nepal by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette.
(2) No person shall disclose the identity of the victim in any manner, in the offences referred to in sub-section (1).
(3) Where it is required to have any deed executed by, take statement or deposition of, the victim in the course of investigation, enquiry and court proceedings of the offences referred to in sub-section (1), it shall be done as follows, if the victim so desires:
(a) By presenting the victim, without disclosing his or her identity,
(b) By making the victim change his or her actual voice,
(c) By using the audio-visual dialogue technology in such a way that the accused cannot see and hear,
(d) By making provision so that the accused cannot see or her or can only hear.