Federal Parliament of Nepal

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Federal Parliament of Nepal is the country’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parliament of Nepal	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
abbreviation	Federal Parliament ⓘ
budgetaryControlOver	Government of Nepal ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	President of Nepal on recommendation of the Prime Minister ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Nepal 2015 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	supreme federal legislative body of Nepal ⓘ
country	Nepal ⓘ
countryCapitalLocation	Kathmandu ⓘ
electoralBodyForUpperHouse	an electoral college of provincial assembly members and local representatives ⓘ
elects	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of Nepal
established	2018 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasComponent	House of Representatives of Nepal ⓘ National Assembly of Nepal ⓘ
hasPower	amend the Constitution of Nepal ⓘ approve the federal budget ⓘ enact federal legislation ⓘ exercise parliamentary oversight ⓘ ratify international treaties ⓘ
houseType	bicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Nepal ⓘ surface form: federal government of Nepal
languageUsed	Nepali ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Nepal ⓘ
location	Kathmandu ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of Nepal ⓘ
meetsIn	International Convention Centre, Kathmandu ⓘ
meetsInCountry	Nepal ⓘ
nativeName	संघीय संसद ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Nepali ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
oversees	Government of Nepal ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of Nepal
precededBy	Constitutional Assembly–Legislature Parliament ⓘ
replaced	Legislature Parliament of Nepal ⓘ
responsibility	making federal laws ⓘ overseeing the executive branch of Nepal ⓘ
roleInEmergency	approves or disapproves declaration of a state of emergency in Nepal ⓘ
roleInImpeachment	conducts impeachment proceedings against certain officeholders ⓘ
supervises	executive branch of Nepal ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse	5 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	federal legislature ⓘ
upperHouse	National Assembly of Nepal ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse	mixed electoral system ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse	indirect election ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Representatives of Nepal → chamberOf → Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ

Kathmandu → isSeatOf → Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Nepal

National Assembly of Nepal → legislativeChamberOf → Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ

Nepal → legislature → Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ

House of Representatives of Nepal → partOf → Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ

National Assembly of Nepal → partOf → Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ