Section 131: Prohibition of acquisition of specific type of arms

1) No person shall acquire the following arms, by way of procurement, sale, donation, gift, reward, partition, succession or otherwise, retain, stockpile or store such arms, or use, transport, export or import such arms except with the order of the competent authority:

(a) A tank and ammunition thereof,

(b) A cannon or mortar and ammunition thereof,

(c) A machine gun and ammunition thereof,

(d) Any kind of rifle and ammunition thereof,

(e) Such other arms and ammunition thereof as specified by the competent authority that such arms and ammunition are prohibited from being acquired or held by the public.

2) A person who acquires any arms set forth in sub-section (1) shall, within thirty-five days from the date of acquisition thereof, surrender such arms to the concerned District Administration Office.

3) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand rupees.

4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Section, nothing shall be deemed to bar any officer and personnel of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal, concerned with security work or other security personnel who are entitled to use arms lawfully from holding or using such arms in the course of discharging their respective duties.