(1) The Board may itself monitor as to whether a
foreigner who has adopted a Nepali minor has made arrangements
for the maintenance, health, education and care of such minor until
the minor attains the age of majority, or for that purpose, form, as
per necessity, a sub-committee consisting also of a representative of
the Nepali Embassy or Consulate based in the concerned country.
(2) The Board or sub-committee referred to in sub-section
(1) may, for that purpose, carry out monitoring by visiting the place
where the child is residing.
(3) The Board or sub-committee shall submit a report of
monitoring conducted by it under sub-section (2) to the
Government of Nepal.
(4) The report referred to in sub-section (3) shall contain,
inter alia, a statement whether the best interests of the adopted
Nepali minor have been served when he or she is residing with the
adoptive person or not.
(5) If the report received pursuant to sub-section (3)
contains a statement that the best interests of the adopted Nepali
minor have not been served when he or she is residing with the
adoptive person, the Government of Nepal shall, also taking
opinion of the concerned minor if her or she is able to express his or
her opinion or is above ten years of age, bring that matter to the
attention of the Government of the concerned country through the
diplomatic channel.
(6) If the condition of the adopted Nepali minor is not
improved even after the attention drawn pursuant to sub-section (5),
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the Government of Nepal shall, by a notification in the Nepal
Gazette, remove such a country from the list of countries opened
for their citizens to make inter-country adoption from Nepal.