THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963

ACT NO. 19 OF 1963 · Enacted [10th May, 1963.] · 9 sections

Section 1.Short title and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

Section 3.Continuance of English language for official purposes of the Union and for use in Parliament.

Section 4.Committee on Official Language.

Section 5.Authorised Hindi translations of Central Acts, etc.

Section 6.Authorised Hindi translation of State Acts in certain cases.

Section 7.Optional use of Hindi or other official language in judgments, etc., of High Courts.

Section 8.Power to make rules.

Section 9.[Omitted.]