List of Concurrent Power of Federation, State and Local level
The concurrent powers shared across all three tiers.
Article 12. Provincial highways
Article 13. Provincial Bureau of Investigation
Article 14. Physical management and other necessary matters of Provincial governmental
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Article 15. Provincial Public Service Commission
Article 16. Management of land, land records
Article 17. Exploration and management of mines
Article 18. Protection and use of languages, scripts, cultures, fine arts and religions
Article 19. Use of forests and waters and management of environment within the Province
Article 20. Agriculture and livestock development, factories, industrialization, trade, business,
transportation
Article 21. Management of trusts (Guthi)
www.lawcommission.gov.np Schedule-7 (Relating to clause (3) of Articles 57, Article 109, clause (4) of Article 162, and Article 197) List of Concurrent Powers of Federation and Province S.N. Matters
Article 1. Civil and criminal procedure, evidence and oaths (legal recognition, public acts and
records, and judicial proceedings)
Article 2. Supply, distribution, price control, quality and monitoring of essential goods and
services
Article 3. Preventive detention for reasons connected with the security of the country, prison and
detention management, and maintenance of peace and order
Article 4. Transfer of accused persons, detainees and prisoners from one Province to another
Province
Article 5. Laws relating to family affairs (marriage, transfer of property, divorce, persons on the
verge of extinction, orphan, adoption, succession and joint family)
Article 6. Acquisition, requisitioning of property and creation of right in property
Article 8. Matters relating to bankruptcy and insolvency
Article 9. Drugs and pesticides
Article 10. Planning, family planning and population management
Article 12. Legal profession, auditing, engineering, medicines, Ayurvedic medicines, veterinary,
Amchi and other professions
Article 13. Provincial boundary river, waterways, environment protection, biological diversity
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Article 15. Industries and mines and physical infrastructures
Article 16. Casino, lottery
Article 17. Preparedness for, rescue and relief during, and recovery from, natural and non-natural
disasters.
Article 18. Tourism, water supply and sanitation
Article 19. Motion pictures, cinema halls and sports
Article 20. Insurance business operation and management
Article 21. Poverty alleviation and industrialization
Article 22. Scientific research, science and technology and human resources development
Article 23. Utilization of forests, Himalayan (mountains), forest conservation areas and waters
stretching in inter-provincial form
Article 24. Land policies and laws relating thereto
Article 25. Employment and unemployment benefit
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Article 1. Town police
Article 2. Cooperative institutions
Article 3. Operation of F.M.
Article 4. Local taxes (property tax, house rent tax, land and building registration fee, motor
vehicle tax), service charge, fee, tourism fee, advertisement tax, business tax, land tax (land revenue), penalty, entertainment tax, land revenue collection
Article 5. Management of the Local services
Article 6. Collection of local statistics and records
Article 7. Local Level development plans and projects
Article 8. Basic and secondary education
Article 9. Basic health and sanitation
Article 10. Local market management, environment protection and bio-diversity
Article 11. Local roads, rural roads, agro-roads, irrigation
Article 12. Rural Municipal Assembly, Municipal Assembly, District Assembly, local courts,
management of mediation and arbitration
Article 13. Local records management
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Article 14. Distribution of house and land ownership certificates
Article 15. Agriculture and animal husbandry, agro-products management, animal health,
cooperatives
Article 16. Management of senior citizens, persons with disabilities and the incapacitated
Article 17. Collection of statistics of the unemployed
Article 18. Management, operation and control of agricultural extension
Article 19. Water supply, small hydropower projects, alternative energy
Article 20. Disaster management
Article 21. Conservation of watersheds, wildlife, mines and minerals
Article 22. Protection and development of languages, cultures and fine arts
www.lawcommission.gov.np Schedule-9 (Relating to clause (5) of Article 57, Article 109, clause (4) of Article 162, Article 197, clause (2) of Article 214, clause (2) of Article 221, and clause (1) of Article 226) List of Concurrent Powers of Federation, Province and Local Level S.N. Matters