This is the National Penal (Code) Act, 2017, Nepal's statutory criminal law enacted by the Parliament of Nepal, which includes the provision criminalizing the practice of chhaupadi, the custom of menstrual exile. As the primary legislative text it is the correct source for what Nepali criminal law actually provides on this specific practice. Its limit is that it documents the legal prohibition itself, not how effectively that prohibition is enforced or how widely the underlying practice continues despite it, so a claim about chhaupadi's continuing prevalence needs a source addressing that separately from this statute.
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The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017, is the Parliament of Nepal's own primary statutory text criminalizing chhaupadi, treated at the top tier as that primary legislative record. NotesNepal's National Penal Code (2017), the country's statutory criminal law, which includes the provision criminalizing the practice of chhaupadi (menstrual exile). Use to document Nepali criminal law's treatment of chhaupadi specifically; a national statute, not a source for the content or interpretation of any Quran passage, which needs a Quranic source such as The Study Quran instead.
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AuthorParliament of Nepal
PublisherGovernment of Nepal
Publication Year2017
URLhttps://lawcommission.gov.np/content/13454/criminal-code-2074/
Source TypeStatute
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This source names Nepal directly: "the National Penal (Code) Act, 2017, Nepal's statutory criminal law enacted by the Parliament of Nepal, which includes the provision criminalizing the practice of chhaupadi, the custom of menstrual..."
Source The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)Parliament of Nepal
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Passages, 9 claims: 9 holds.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Practices, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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