Section 50: Sedition

1) No person shall, with the intention of overthrowing the Government of Nepal or the constitutional structure, create any kind of disorder by demonstrating or using military, paramilitary or criminal force or form an armed military or paramilitary organisation, or make a sedition conspiracy, attempt or incitement to commit such an act.

2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to punishment with imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty-five years.

3)  No person shall, by words, either spoken or written or by figure or signs or otherwise, showing any baseless or unsubstantiated matter in relation to the Government of Nepal or any action of the Government of Nepal, bring or attempt to bring into hatred, enmity or contempt towards the Government of Nepal or cause the commission of such act.

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be considered to render any healthy or decent criticism of the Government of Nepal to be the offence.

4) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub-section (3) shall be liable to the sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.