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the National Dalit Commission shall be as provided for in the Federal l aw.
257. Powers to establish offices in States : The National Dalit Commission may, as
required, establish its offices in States.
258. National Inclusion Commission : (1) There shall be a National Inclusion
Commission of Nepal, consisting of a Chairperson and four other members.
(2) The President shall, on the recommendation of the Constitutional
Council, appoint the Chairperson and members of the National Inclusion
Commission.
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(3) The term of office of the Chairperson and members of the
National Inclusion Commission shall be six years from the date of
appointment.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (3), the office of
the Chairperson or member of the National Incl usion Commission shall be
vacant in any of the following circumstances:
(a) if he or she tenders resignation in writing to the President,
(b) if he or she attains the age of sixty -five years,
(c) if a motion of impeachment is passed against him or her
unde r Article 101,
(d) if he or she is removed from office by the President on
recommendation of the Constitutional Council on grounds
of his or her inability to hold office and discharge the
functions due to physical or mental illness,
(e) if he or she dies.
(5) The Chairperson and members appointed under clause (2) shall
not be eligible for reappointment.
Provided that a member may be appointed to the office of Chairperson,
and when a member is so appointed as the Chairperson, his or her term of
office shall be so computed as to include his or her term as the member.
(6) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as the Chairperson or a
member of the National Inclusion Commission if he or she possesses the
following qualification:
(a) being a person having rendered outstanding contribution, for at
least ten years, to the field of social inclusion, rights and interests
or development of persons with disabilities, minority and
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marginalized communities and backward areas and classes or
huma n rights ,
(b) in the case of the Chairperson, holding a bachelor's degree from a
recognized university,
(c) having attained the age of forty five years,
(d) not being a member of any political party at the time of
appointment, and
(e) being of high moral c haracter.
(7) The remuneration and conditions of service of the Chairperson
and members of the National Inclusion Commission shall be as provided for in
the Federal law , and their remuneration and conditions of service shall not, so
long as they hold offic e, be altered to their disadvantage.
Provided that this provision shall not apply in cases where a state of
emergency is declared because of extreme economic disarrays.
(8) A person once appointed as the Chairperson or a member of the
National Inclusion Commission shall not be eligible for appointment in other
government service.
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to be a bar to the
appointment to any political position or to any position which has the
responsibility of making investigat ions, inquiries or findings on any subject, or
to any position which has the responsibility of submitting advice, opinion or
recommendation after carrying out a study or research on any subject.
259. Functions, duties and powers of National Inclusion Commi ssion : (1) The
functions, duties and powers of the National Inclusion Commission shall be as
follows:
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(a) to conduct study and research works for the protection of the rights
and interests of the communities, including Khas Arya , Pichhada
class, persons wi th disabilities, senior citizens, labours, peasants,
minorities and marginalize d community, backward class, people of
Karnali and the indigent class,
(b) to study the status of implementation of the policies and laws
adopted by the Government of Nepal for the inclusion of the
community, class and region mentioned in clause (a) and make
suggestions to the Government for reforms,
(c) to study as to whether there has been appropriate representation of
the community, class and region mentioned in clause (a) in the
organs of the State and make suggestions to the Government of
Nepal to review the special provisions made for the representation of
such community, class and region,
(d) to study as to whether the protection, empowerment and
development of the communit y, class and region mentioned in
clause (a) has been satisfactory and make recommendations to the
Government of Ne pal about polic ies to be pursued in the future,
(e) to make suggestions to the Government of Nepal about policies and
programs to be pursued f or the development and prosperity of the
Karnali and backward regions,
(f) to make recommendations for timely revisions of laws concerning
minority and marginalized communities,
(g) to monitor the status of implementation of rights and interests
guaranteed for minority and marginalized communities and make
recommendations for revision upon necessary review on the basis of
periodic national census and human development index.
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(2) The National Inclusion Commission may so delegate any of its
functions, duties and powers to the Chairperson of the Commission, any of its
members or any employee of the Government of Nepal as to be exercised and
complied with subject to the specified conditions.
(3) Other functions, duties and powers and other relevant matters of
the National Inclusion Commission shall be as provided for in the Federal law.
260. Powers to establish offices in States : The National Inclusion Rights
Commission may, as required, establish its offices in States.
261. Indigenous Nationalities Commission : (1) There shall be an Indigenous
Nationalities Commission of Nepal, consisting of a Chairperson and a