(1) The Nepali citizen desiring to have a passport shall submit an application to the Department, mission or the prescribed body in a prescribed format enclosing the original or copy of the Nepali citizenship certificate or the original or copy of the national identity card issued by the Government of Nepal and documents as prescribed.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in case of a minor Nepali citizen who is below than sixteen years of age, any one from among his or her father, mother, guardian or curator shall submit an application along with him or her and also enclosing the documents as prescribed.
(3) The department may issue a passport in the name of a minor in the following conditions even though the application is not submitted by any one from among his or her father, mother, guardian or curator:-
(a) in case the court issued an order to issue a passport in the name of such minor, or
(b) in other conditions as prescribed.
(4) If the Department considers fit to issue a passport upon inquiry made to the applications submitted for the passports pursuant to sub-section (1) or (2), shall issue passports by maintaining a record thereto.