Act 5 of 1977

Preamble

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY , AUTHORITY No. 121 Gangtok, Thursday, October 27, 1977 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION No. 5/LL/77 Dated Gangtok, the 25th October, 1977 The following Act of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly having received thet assent of the Governor on the 17th day of October, 1977 is hereby published for general information. SIKKIM ACT NO. 5 OF 1977 THE SIKKIM OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1977 AN ACT "the Nepali, the Bhutia, the Lepcha and the Lim Bthe Nepali, the Bhutia and the Lepcha used for the chitrial purposes of the 'State of Sikkim. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the adoption of the "the Nepali, the Bhutia, the Lepcha and the Limbu" languages as the languages to be used for the official purposes of the State of Sikkim; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-eighth year of the Republic of India by the Legislature of Sikkim, as follows :- Short title and extent.

Sections

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