Statute of limitations for filing rape cases should not be removed: Min Bishwakarma
KATHMANDU, June 6: Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker and former minister Min Bahadur Bishwakarma has said that the statute of limitations for filing complaints against rape and other forms of sexual violence should not be removed.
The House of Representatives has endorsed a proposal to extend the statute of limitations on rape and sexual violence in the country’s criminal law. A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday endorsed ‘A bill to amend some acts against sexual violence’ as proposed by the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the HoR. The endorsed bill amended the highly disputed statute of limitation on rape. According to Section 292 (2) of the National Penal Code, complaints of rape must be filed within one year from the date of the commission of crime if the survivor is an adult and within a year of the survivor turning into 18, if they are minor.
The House of Representatives has endorsed a proposal to increase the statute of limitations for rape in the country’s criminal law.
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