The OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963

Sections

Section 1 — Short title and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Official Languages Act, 1963.

(2) Section 3 shall come into force on the 26th day of January, 1965 and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

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  1. 1.Short title and commencement.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Continuance of English language for official purposes of the Union and for use in Parliament.
  4. 4.Committee on Official Language.
  5. 5.Authorised Hindi translations of Central Acts, etc.
  6. 6.Authorised Hindi translation of State Acts in certain cases.
  7. 7.Optional use of Hindi or other official language in judgments, etc., of High Courts.
  8. 8.Power to make rules.
  9. 9.[Omitted.]