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In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in English of the Maharashtra Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Mah. Act No. XXXVI of 2015), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra, DR. MANGALA THOMBARE, I/c. Draftsman-cum-Joint Secretary to Government, Law and Judiciary Department.

MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XXXVI OF 2015. (First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in the

Maharashtra Government Gazette , on the 21st August 2015).

An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964.

Mah. V of 1965.

WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :

Mah.

This Act may be called the Maharashtra Official Languages

(Amendment) Act, 2015.

(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act ) the following shall be inserted, namely :

Short title.

Insertion of new section 1A in Mah. V of 1965.

1A. The official language of the State of Maharashtra shall be Marathi. .

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In section 2 of the principal Act, for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :

1. (c) Marathi means the Marathi language in Devnagari script which is adopted in the State under Government Resolutions issued, from time to time. . ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SHRI PARSHURAM JAGANNATH GOSAVI, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004, EDITOR : SHRI PARSHURAM JAGANNATH GOSAVI.