Section 192: Foreigner eligible for adopting son or daughter

1) Permission may be granted to the following foreigner eligible for the adoption of any child of a Nepali citizen or of a foreigner domiciled in Nepal:

(a) A couple for whom no child is born, even up to ten years of their marriage,

(b) An unmarried woman, a widow, a divorcee woman or a judicially separated woman who has completed forty-five but not fifty-five years of age, having no son or daughter,

(c) An unmarried man, a widower, a divorcee or a judicially separated man who has completed forty-five but not fifty-five years of age, having no son or daughter.

2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no permission may be granted to the following foreigner for adoption:

(a) One who is of unsound mind,

(b) One who is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude by a court of Nepal or the concerned country.

3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where the law of a foreign country provides that a citizen of that country may adopt more than one child, he or she may adopt a child, even if he or she has a child.

4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Section, a person of the country that prohibits a Nepali citizen from adopting a child or provides discrimination between the rights of an adopted son or a daughter and the rights of a naturally born son or daughter shall not be permitted to adopt a child from Nepal.