Himalayan Times (1958)

December 14, 19*8 «» f imcm

ELECTIONS IN NEPAL MAY BE PO$TPONECL
NEPAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MOVE

Kathmandu, Deo. 10

Nepal s Advisory As
sembly, which it funo- 1
tioning at an ad hoo
Parliament till general
eleotions, to day approved
by1 a voice rot* ■ a motion
to postpone elections till
the Constitution is made
public.

Publio and official gal-
leries were packed as tbe
debate on tbe motion,
which lasted for nearly
four hours, reaohed its
peak before a division
win ordered by tbe' Speak-
er.

The motion was mo
ved by Mr. D. If. Singh
Pariyar, leader of a splin-
ter group of the Nepali
Congress, in tbe form of
an address to the King.
Ho observed tbat tbe
Royal Proclamation of
1967 had asserted that
eleotions will, he held for
a Parliament com posed of
two Housea. But since
tbe Constitution has not
beam mad* public and
since the Peoples Repre-
sentation Act of 11169,
eleotions are scheduled to
be held under this Act,
did not say for which of
the Houses, eleotions will
be held, general eleotions
sbould> be postponed He
.said, that submission of

the House should be con-
veyed to- the-King; .

Those members who
opposed the motion were
not' present in the House
when the vote was taken.
But Mr. Randhir Subba,
Minister for.Law. and Par-
liamentary Affairs, made
a spirited reply opposing
the. motion. Hesaidthe
motive behind; the motion
was; to postpone tbe elec-
tions If that, wee the
caoe the Government bad
decided to bold the eleo-
tions and nothing could
deter th»m in this. He
said thai the process of
elections had already
begun and they could not
be postponed' now.

The motion will now
be forwarded to the King.

NEPAL'S PROTECTldN
OF ANIMALS ACT
Kathmandu. Deo 10
In order to protect
Nepal's fast dwindling
fauna King M&hendra,
on the. advice. - of his
Council, of Ministi rs, to-
day promulgated the Pro.
teotion: of, Animals Act,
1958, under, which animals
can only be shot or trap-
ped subject to licences,
which wilj, be issued by
the Government. '

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73 SEEK KATHMANDU
VALLEY SEATS

Kathmandu,. Deo. 10
- Seventy-three candi-
dates will be running for
the five Kathmandu Val-
ley seats in the General
lection which starts on
February 18, it was offi-
cially announced1 here to-
day

Yesterday was the
last date for. Submission
of nomination papers. The
final list of candidates
will be announced on
December 18.

Among! these who
have filed their nomine*
tion papers in the Kath-
mandu Valley are a for-
mer Prime Minister, Mr.
Tanka Prasad, and a
former Home Minister,
Mr. D. R. Regmi. The
Communists have alto put
up a few candidates.

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