Chapter-7 Electronic Record and Government use of Digital Signature 39. Government Documents may be published in electronic form: (1) Government of Nepal may also publish ordinance, Act, Rules Bye-laws, Formation Orders or notifications or any other matters in the electronic form which are published in the Nepal Gazette under the prevailing laws. (2) Where the prevailing law provides for the filing of any form, application or any other document or any record to be generated or retained or secured and or any license or permit or approval or certificate to be issued or provided or any payment to be made in any Government agency, or public entity or in any bank or financial institution operating business within the Nepal, it may be filed, generated, retained or secured or issued or granted in electronic form or payment may be made in electronic mode of communication, and, it shall not be denied to provide the legal validity to such form, application, document record, license, permit or approval, certificate or payment on the ground of the use of electronic form or electronic communication mode. 40. To Accept the Document in Electronic Form: (1) Government agency or public entity or bank or financial institutions operating business within the Nepal may also accept any document and payment to be submitted or paid to them under the prevailing law in electronic form or through any electronic mode and if such documents and submitted or payment is made, as the case may be, it shall not be denied to grant legal recognition merely on the ground that it was accepted electronic form or through any electronic mode. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1) no Government agency or public entity or bank of financial institution operating business within the Nepal shall, except in the conditions as prescribed and government agencies as prescribed, be compelled to accept any document or 22