The Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960

GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT

LEGISLATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

GUJARAT ACT No. I OF 1961

The Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960

(As modified upto the 31st October, 2012)

[ 1961 : Guj .I Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960

The Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960.

CONTENTS.

PREAMBLE.

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

All notifications made under section 2 shall be laid before the State Legislature as soon as may be after they are made and shall be subject to such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following.

Unless otherwise provided by a notification under section 2, Hindi and Gujarati shall from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in respect thereof, be the languages to be used for —

(a) all Bills introduced, or amendments thereto moved in the State Legislature,

(b) all Acts passed by the State Legislature and all Ordinances promulgated by the Governor under article 213 of the Constitution, and

(c) all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued by the State Government under the Constitution or under any law made by Parliament or the State Legislature.