Section 132: Prohibition of retaining or carrying arms without license

1) No person shall acquire, retain, stockpile, use or carry such arms as may be allowed by law to be acquired, held, stockpiled, used or carried, without obtaining a license or in a manner contrary to the terms and restrictions specified in the license, even if obtained.

Provided that nothing shall 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, using or carrying such arms in the course of discharging their respective duties.

2) 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 five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.