Home›Sources›The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)SourcesThe National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-national-penal-code-act-2017-muluki-aparadh-samhita-2074.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-national-penal-code-act-2017-muluki-aparadh-samhita-2074Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-national-penal-code-act-2017-muluki, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-national-penal-code-act-2017-muluki-aparadh-samhita-2074}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (22 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The 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.NotesWell-attestedNepal'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.CitationAuthorWell-attestedParliament of NepalPublisherWell-attestedGovernment of NepalPublication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://lawcommission.gov.np/content/13454/criminal-code-2074/Source TypeWell-attestedStatuteCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithNepal, Countries Well-attested 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 Nepaltier 1Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicPassages, 9 claims: 9 holds.Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.Practices, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested11ArticlesBanished for BleedingCriminalised, Still PractisedPracticesChhaupadiSourcesThe National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)Holds10PassagesQuran 1:1-7 (al-Fatiha)Quran 112:1-4 (al-Ikhlas)Quran 17:24 (Palmer 17:25)Quran 2:255 (Ayat al-Kursi; Palmer 2:256)Quran 2:256 (Palmer 2:257)Quran 24:35 (the Light Verse)Quran 5:32 (Palmer 5:15 numbering)Quran 55:1-9Quran 96:1-5SourcesThe National Penal (Code) Act, 2017 (Muluki Aparadh Samhita, 2074)General References1PracticesChhaupadiComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year