4 Nepal

The Electronic Transactions Act 2063 is the core statute: it recognises electronic records and digital signatures, provides for the authentication of electronic documents by a certifying authority, penalises a range of computer-related offences — unauthorised access, damage to data, publication of illegal material, and misuse of electronic means — and creates the framework for the investigation of those offences. The Act is read with the constitutional rights to privacy and to freedom of expression, and with the general criminal law.