Section 164: Decision may be made by the Labour Court

1) If any person engages anyone in forced labour, the Labour Court may punish such a person with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees or both and require such person to pay remuneration, allowance and benefits including damages that is two times of such amount to the labour.

Provided that if any person takes another person outside Nepal and engages him or her in forced labour, it shall also order the recovery of expenses incurred in bringing that other person into Nepal.

2) If any person dies or suffers grievous hurt as a result of violation, knowingly or recklessly, of any provision relating to occupational safety and health set forth in this Act or the rules framed under this Act or any person dies as or gets any of his or her bodily organ disabled or his or her physical or mental state becomes adversely affected a result of infection of occupational disease
caused as a result of performance or non-performance of any act or any part of the body becomes disabled or physical or mental state, the person who commits such act shall be liable to the punishment, if any, provided for in the prevailing law and, failing such provision, to the punishment of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, and the Labour Court may require such person to pay appropriate compensation to the aggrieved person.

3) Where a corporate body commits any offence punishable under this Act, such body shall be punished with a fine, and if imprisonment is also imposable for such offence, the chief executive of such body shall be imprisoned accordingly.