Laws in Force
Nepal laws in force under the Interim Constitution shall continue in force until repealed or amended under the new Constitution. Laws inconsistent with the new Constitution are void to the extent of inconsistency.
When Nepal switched from the 2007 Interim Constitution to the 2015 Constitution, thousands of existing laws didn\'t vanish. They all continued — Muluki Ain, labor laws, tax laws, everything. But any provision contradicting the new Constitution became automatically void. Courts can strike down inconsistent old laws when challenged. This gradual transition avoided legal chaos.
अन्तरिम संविधान अन्तर्गतका कानुन कायम — तर नयाँ संविधानसँग बाझिने हदसम्म अमान्य।
Prevented a legal vacuum during the transition to the new constitutional order.
Many outdated laws remain unreformed years later; the slow cleanup creates legal confusion.