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KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Bank loan defaulters, money launderers and individuals facing criminal charges such as human trafficking, kidnapping and drug dealing will lose their passports once the new passport regulations that got the final nod from the cabinet on Sunday comes into effect.
"The regulations give power to revoke passports issued to such individuals if concerned authorities ask so," said an official about the new provision in the regulations.
The regulations state that the ministry will also deny passports to those who have been accused of criminal offence but their cases are sub judice in courts.
This is the first time the government has introduced such regulation on passports.
“Such individuals will enjoy their rights to possess passport once they are acquitted of the charges by a competent authority," the official said.
The government amended the old passport regulations to update it in light of its efforts to introduce machine readable passport (MRP).
Meanwhile, another small consignment of MRP has arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday. This is the second consignment the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received from French security printer Oberthur Technologies.
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