Committee for Determining the Structure of the Legislative Body
To make the constitution making process systematic and regular in thematic form, the Rule 66(4) of the Constituent Assembly Rules, 2065 (2008) has contained the provision to form a Committee on Determination of the Form of the Legislative Organs. As per the provision of the Rules, a 43 member-committee on Determination of the Form of the Legislative Organs was formed on 15 December 2008 and the committee was reformed by the CA on 10 January 2009 and on 19 January 2009. The Chairperson of the Committee is Hon. Ramesh Rijal. The committee has the mandate to prepare a list of activities to be carried out on the concerned subject, to collect relevant materials on the subjects and to conduct discussions and studies and prepare a preliminary draft, including a concept paper with technical advice from specialists on the subject under the working areas of the Committee. In this way, on the basis of given mandate, the committee has submitted the draft report including a concept paper on 29 July 2009, and CA has already completed the discussion on the report. The Rule 66(4) of the Constituent Assembly Rules, 2065 (2008) has given the following mandates to the committee to submit the report by preparing the preliminary draft along with concept paper on the subjects assigned to individual Committee:
· Structure and methods of formation of the legislature in the various federal units.
· Inter-relationship among the legislatures of various levels of federal units
· Legislative procedures.
· Financial management procedures.
· Other necessary matters relating to the working areas of the Committee
Draft and Concept Papers(3)
CA Members belonging to the committee(44)
