www.lawcommission.gov.np (2) Any act referred to in clause (1) shall be punishable by law, and any person who is a victim of such treatment shall have the right to obtain compensation in accordance with law. 23. Right against Preventive Detention: (1) No person shall be held under preventive detention unless there is a sufficient ground of the existence of an immediate threat to the sovereignty, territorial integrity or public law and order of Nepal. (2) Information about the situation of a person who is held under preventive detention pursuant to clause (1) shall be given immediately to his or her family members or relatives. Provided that this clause shall not apply to a citizen of an enemy State. (3) In case the authority having power to hold a person under preventive detention holds any person under preventive detention contrary to law or in bad faith, such person shall have the right to obtain compensation in accordance with law. 24. Right against Untouchability and Discrimination: (1) No person shall be subjected to any form of untouchability or discrimination in any private and public places on grounds of his or her origin, caste, tribe, community, profession, occupation or physical condition. (2) In producing or distributing any goods, services or facilities, no person belonging to any particular caste or tribe shall be prevented from purchasing or acquiring such goods, services or facilities nor shall such goods, services or facilities be sold, distributed or provided only to the persons belonging to any particular caste or tribe. (3) No act purporting to demonstrate any person or community as superior or inferior on grounds of origin, caste, tribe or physical condition or justifying social discrimination on grounds of caste, tribe or untouchability or propagating ideology based on untouchability and caste based superiority or hatred or encouraging castebased discrimination in any manner whatsoever shall be allowed. (4) No discrimination in any form shall be allowed at a workplace with or without making untouchability on the ground of caste. (5) All types of acts of untouchability and discrimination committed in contravention of this Article shall be punishable by law as a severe social offence, and 13