section 5
Official Language Sector
The Malayalam Language Act, 2025General202516 sections6 chapters
Chapter III USE OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Statutory text
Official Language Sector.
- (1) Subject to Articles 346 and 347 of the Constitution of India, the language to be used for all official purposes in the State of Kerala shall be Malayalam.
- (2) Sub-section
- (1) shall be applicable to all existing Departments and all Departments to be newly constituted under the State Government and Local Self Government Institutions and Quasi-Governmental Institutions, Autonomous, Co-operative, Public sector Undertakings under the Government: Provided that English may be used for correspondence with the Government of India, Institutions under the Government of India, foreign countries, other States, High Court, Supreme Court etc., and in any other circumstances where English has to be used as provided by law and with people speaking languages other than Tamil and Kannada, the minority languages in the State.
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