Section 147: Prohibition of owning public building, land by individual

1) No person shall, without prior approval of the Government of Nepal or State Government or Local Level, obtain ownership of the following building or land, whether making its registration or not, or otherwise occupy, cultivate or encroach, or hinder or obstruct, in any way, the possession or use of such building or land:

(a) Any government building or land held in the name of the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level or a public body under the full or majority ownership or control of the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level,

(b) Any community or public house or land which has been under community or public possession and use from time immemorial.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, an offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or both the sentences.

3) Where any building, land mentioned in sub-section (1) has already been registered in, or transmitted to, the name of any individual, such registration or transmission also shall, ipso facto, be void.