Explain the code of conduct for lawyers in Nepal with its core duties and obligations.

The instrument: the Code of Conduct for legal practitioners made under the Nepal Bar Council Act 2050 B.S. — the reading-list text (the 2053 B.S. code as prescribed) — promulgated by the Bar Council; statutory-anchored (the Act's disciplinary machinery gives the code its teeth); the enforced floor beneath the aspirational ethics of Unit 1. The three-layered standards of the Nepali profession: the code (the Bar Council's) + the statutes (the NBC Act 2050 and its Regulation 2051 — Unit 3) + the court regulations (the practice rules of each court). The code's core duties (the catalogue): Duties and responsibilities of legal practitioners: competence (the law known, the skill applied); diligence (files attended, deadlines met); communication (client informed, advice honest); loyalty (conflicts declined); confidentiality (the privilege guarded); fair fees; Obligations: honest acceptance (no false hope sold for hopeless causes); procedure respected and decorum kept; opponents dealt with fairly; juniors and staff treated justly (supervision owed); the profession's reputation kept (advertising restrained, no touting); public service (legal aid); Restrictions on working as legal advisor or litigating: the conflict bars — full-time salaried employment incompatible with active practice (the independence-and-loyalty rationale); no appearing against a former client in the same/confidentially-related matter (the confidentiality rationale); no advising or acting where the lawyer's own interest conflicts; Additional conduct for senior advocates: the lead role in…