Section 43: Validity Period of Approval of Foreign Investment

1) The approval of foreign investment given by the foreign investment approving body shall remain valid for a period until such investment remains in Nepal.

2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), such approval shall be deemed to be ipso facto ineffective in the following circumstances:

(a) In the event of failure, except for any reasonable reason, to commence bringing into Nepal the amount of such foreign investment within two years after the date of the approval of foreign investment,

(b) In the event of a transfer of cent percent ownership of an industry with foreign investment to a Nepali investor as a result of the sale of shares in the industry registered with the approval of foreign investment,

(c) In the event of the revocation of its registration as a result of a default on the part of the industry having got approval for foreign investment or the company establishing such an industry.

3) Other provisions relating to the validity period of the approval of foreign investment shall be as prescribed.