Kathmandu, June 28 -- A proposed legal amendment would allow courts in Nepal to permit convicts to serve their sentences at home under electronic monitoring rather than in prison.

The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has drafted a bill to amend the existing criminal sentencing and execution law, introducing provisions for electronic monitoring, home-based imprisonment, and expanded parole and probation mechanisms.

Under a proposed new Section 28(a) to the Criminal Offences (Sentencing and Execution) Act, 2017, courts may order convicts to serve prison terms under electronic surveillance if deemed appropriate. The convict would be required to bear the cost of the monitoring device. Failure to pay would result in impriso...