Constitution of Nepal

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Constitution of Nepal: presently Nepal has no permanent constitution. However the country is governed by an Interim Constitution that came to effect from January 15, 2007. It was drafted by a committee headed by former justice Laxman Prasad Aryal.^[1] It replaces the previous Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 2047 (1990).

Previous constitutions were enacted in 1951, 1959 and 1962.^[2]

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• Final Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 (2007) in English and Nepali at worldstatesmen.org
• (Nepali) Final Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 (2007) in Nepali at the Nepalese Supreme Court
• Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 2047 (1990)
• Analysis of the 1990 Constitution -- Ellingson, T. "The Nepal Constitution of 1990: Preliminary Considerations", Himalayan Research Bulletin, Vol. XI, Nos. 1-3, 1991 at the University of Texas