(1) In the case
of a person against whom a warrant for arrest has been issued
pursuant to this Chapter but who is not arrested because of not being
found or in the case of a person who is absconding and failing to
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appear before the court, the following matters shall be dealt with as
follows, with effect from the following day of the expiry of thirty
days after the date of issuance of such warrant to the day on which
he or she appears before the court:
(a) If such person is an incumbent office-bearer or
employee of the Government of Nepal, State
Government, Local Level, constitutional body or any
government office, a body corporate, educational or
academic institution under full or partial ownership or
control of the Government of Nepal, State Government,
Local Level, or any other public body, he or she shall be
deemed to have ipso facto been suspended from his or
her office,
(b) If an attachment to the property belonging to such
person has not been effected pursuant to sub-section
(15) of Section 58, the attachment of the immovable
property belonging to him or her shall be effected
pursuant to that sub-section,
(c) If it is required to renew any industry, trade or business
or income tax registration firm, license, industry etc.
held in the name of, or under sole ownership of, such
person, the act of renewal shall automatically be
withheld,
(d) Transaction on securities held in the name of such
person shall ipso facto be withheld,
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(e) Facilities such as salary, allowance, gratuity and
pension receivable by such person in accordance with
law shall be deemed to have ipso facto been withheld,
(f) Any interest, royalty or facility to be acquired by such
person from any intellectual property right such as a
patent, design, trademark and copyright shall be
considered to have ipso facto been withheld,
(g) If any bank account held in the name of such person is
known, and a request is made to withhold the
transaction of such account, such bank account shall be
considered to have ipso facto been withheld,
(h) If it is so requested not to provide a citizenship
certificate, passport or land ownership registration
certificate to such person in accordance with law, the
concerned body shall not provide the citizenship
certificate, passport or land ownership certificate to him
or her,
(i) If it is known that such person is staying or residing
outside Nepal, the extradition proceeding may be
initiated if such person can be extradited under a treaty
to which the Government of Nepal is a party or under
the law in force, and failing such circumstance, in view
of the gravity of the offence, a request may be made
through the diplomatic channel to the concerned country
or relevant international organization to arrest such
person.
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(2) The court shall give a notice thereof to the concerned
authority or body in order to make effective the provisions referred
to in sub-section (1).