Act 19 of 1958

Preamble

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963 ACT NO. 19 OF 1963 [10th May, 1963] An Act to provide for the languages which may be used for the official purposes of the Union, for transaction of business in Parliament, for Central and State Acts and for certain purposes in High Courts. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 8 sections.

1. 1Short title and Commencement
2. 2Definitions
3. 4Committee on Official Language
4. 5Authorised Hindi translation of Central Acts, etc
5. 6Authorised Hindi translation of State Acts in certain cases
6. 7Optional use of Hindi or other Official language in judgements, etc., of High Courts
7. 8Power to make rules
8. 9

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Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Every one of the 8 sections of this Act has its own page. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.