3. Power of Government of Nepal to prohibit or control export and import:
(1) If the Government of Nepal considers that it is necessary to prohibit or control exportation or importation of any goods for the attainment of any of the following
objectives, it may, by a notified order, prohibit, or apply full or quantitative restriction on, the exportation or importation of such goods, with or without specifying any specific condition or period:
(a) To protect national security interests;
(b) To maintain public decency, order or morals;
(c) To manage trade in gold, silver or similar other metal or precious ornaments;
(d) To protect the life or health of human, animal or plant life or health from adverse effect;
(e) To make appropriate provisions on the importation of products of labor of prisoners or detainees in prisons;
(f) To protect national assets (heritage) of artistic, historic or archaeological value;
(g) To make appropriate provisions for the conservation of exhaustible natural resources (in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or
consumption);
(h) To ensure the availability of the domestic raw materials essential for domestic processing industries having potentiality of competitive capacity;
(i) To make proper provisions for the acquisition and distribution of products having local short supply;
(j) To safeguard the external financial position and balance of payments of the country in order to forestall the imminent threat of, or to stop, a serious
(k) To prevent critical shortages of essential foodstuffs or similar other products;
(l) To maintain the criteria of classification, standardization or marketing of consumer goods in international trade;
(m) To enjoy any concessions or facilities accorded to least developed countries in international trade;
(n) In the event of importation of any product in an increased quantity in an unforeseeable manner, to protect the domestic industries producing the like
product against serious injury likely to be caused from such importation;
(o) To protect intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, geographical indications and protection of
undisclosed information;
(p) To promote or protect industries with such new skills or technologies as to enhance the competitive capacity of the country;
(r) To prevent unhealthy or unauthorized trade activities or control unfair
(s) To implement the Charter of the United Nations and any multilateral international convention or bilateral agreement to which Nepal is a party
and fulfill the obligations arising there from.
(2) Where the Government of Nepal considers that it is not necessary to maintain any restriction applied on the exportation or importation of any goods
pursuant to Sub-section (1), it may, by a notified order, setting out the reason and ground for the same, alter, change or remove such restriction at any time.”
