Section 158: Prohibition of proselytizing

1) No person shall convert or proselytizing anyone from one religion to another or make an attempt to or abet such conversion.

2) No person shall do any act or conduct which undermines the religion, opinion or faith of any caste, race, community or convert anyone into another religion, whether by inducement or not, in a manner to so undermine or propagate such religion or opinion with the intention of making such conversion.

3) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) or (2) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.

4) If a foreigner commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) or (2), he or she shall be deported from Nepal within seven days after the date of completion of the service of imprisonment imposed under this Section.