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Section 4: Committee on Official Language

The Official Language act, 1963. No. 19 of 1958.State Act of Chhattisgarh · Act 19 of 1958

(1) After the expiration of ten years from the date on which section 3 comes into force, there shall be constituted a Committee on Official language, on a resolution to that effect being moved in either House of Parliament with the previous sanction of the President and passed by both Houses.

(2) The Committee shall consist of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be members of the House of the people and ten shall be members of the Council of States, to be elected respectively the members of the House of the People and the members of the Council of States in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

(3) It shall be the duty of the Committee to review the progress made in the use of Hindi for the official purposes of the Union and submit a report to the President making recommendations thereon and the President shall cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament, and sent to all the State Governments .

(4) The President may, after consideration of the report referred to in sub-section (3), and the views, if any, expressed by the State Government thereon, issue directions in accordance with the whole or any part of that report:

--3-- 1[Provided that the direction so issued shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of section 3 .]

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ActThe Official Language act, 1963. No. 19 of 1958.
Section4
Marginal noteCommittee on Official Language
JurisdictionState of Chhattisgarh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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