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The Official Languages Act, 1963

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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 Certain provisions not to apply to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Official Languages Act, 1963

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The Official Languages Act, 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.

Administered by Department of Official Language· Ministry of Home Affairs

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