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(13) ? ? fqqll ? fqfua Q ,3'.-'{?q1 fct,?".11 -- • DELHI GAZETI? : EXTRAORD ARY [Pr\RTIV ' , c3) 3-l?f.iqq er, ,31m:, ?1,q: -rnz stfqct, F•:P-1'-I? m ? ? ? ? <1?1?11?fcl?11fl\ff ? fl"? mB' ? ? 31?1h, ? ? ? <lT ? 3{f?ct, 3tj{tjffi? cfiT Q m, fli'.!.1 ? fl'-18.1 Sl?<1 fcfittl '111<4111<f2IT aqscf<i 31cff? ? 31?1l<1"l1'fu:fl<!.1 f1q'i # fcfi{frSlcf,!{ cfiT • ?? ? fl?'i(f mmt ?fl? mit ff?t.n, mmi_fcn f.1qtt ? ii111q1 '11Fil =q1f?ttm f1q"f <lf "<11zj?flfqo ? +i ]'?Jcf1m7TT<lT :i?1ql m &TI,? ? w-Tfum, ('f? ? ffl? <lT f1{fl1 cfiT 3'*1 f1q'i ? 3-t?rla -qre ? TT1zfcfi?:fl? ? ? ? Slfd'fc?l ??lt:4 -;,effq?,11I · • • I.AW, JUSTICE AND LEGISI.ATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT · NO'I'IFICATIO • Delhi, the 2nd July, 2003 No. . 14(33)/-I.A-2000-03/1096. The following Act of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of lhi received t e assent of the President of India on 13-6-2003 and is h reby published for general informal· o . • ''The Delhi Official Languages Act, 2000 (Delhi Act No. 8 of 2003) (As passed by the Legislati .e Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi 3-4-2000) An Act to provide for adoption o Hindi in Devnagri script as the first official language and Punjabi in Gurmukhi scri t and Urdu in P rsian script as the second languages to be used for the official purposes and other matters of the • ational Ca ital Territory of Delhi. • Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi in he Fifty First year of he . Republic of India as follows :- •
1. Short title, extent and commenceme -{ l) This Act may be called the Delhi Official Language Act, 2()()().
(2) It extends to the whole of the ational Capital Territory of De hi.
(3) It shall come into force on such ate as the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definiti ons. In this Act, un ess the CO c t otherwise requires,
(a) "Delhi" means the National Capital Tc · ·1 ry of Delhi;
(b) "Government" means the Govcmmcn f ationa Capital Territory of Delhi.
(c) "Legislative Assembly" means the Legislative As ernbly of the National Capital lerritoryof Delhi.
3. Hindi to be Official Language of Delhi. Hindi i Devnagri script shall, with effect from such dale as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoi in this behalf, be the Official Language of Delhi.
Provided that the Englis anguagc may continue to be used r osc administrative and legislative purposes in el i for vhich it was being us b ·fore the commencement of this Act in consonan c with the pro isions contai e cc io ofthcOfficialLang agesAct, 1963(19ofl963): • o c further that a transl a · on of any Bill introduced · n, or Act passed by, t e Leg· · alive Assembl , o o · nc s · . om Igated by the L . Governor of Delhi or of any order;· rule, regulation or bye-la i sued und a y ' n adc .' t c · jr c o t e cgislative Asscmb y or a y other state law extended o Delhi published under the: ority of he ? c ii in c Official Gazct c, shall be deemed to be the authoritative text hereof in tl1c E . • I unj,1bi & a g gcs n r th· s Ac .
4. Punjabi and rdu t be second Official Lan?1Uages of Delhi. Punjabi in Gurmukhi script and lJr in Persian script shal be the second Official Language of Delhi for the following purposes, namely: . a) Receipt and reply of applications and petitions by all Offices of Government of NC of Delhi in Ur Punjabi. ( 0 • ------------·--------------------------------- ) PART V] ORDINARY I 1
(b) Publication of the ranslation of important Government rules, regulations and Gazette · otifications in Urdu and Punjab· also. ,
(c) Sig boar so Official Buildings, Government offices and roads etc. will bear the names iri Urdu and Punjabi also. /
(d) Publicatio of i portant Government advertisements in tlie News Papers in Urdu and Punjabi also . .
(e) Proceedings ofLegis a ive Assembly will be recorded and issued simultaneously in Urdu and Punjabi also wherever required.
5. orm of umeral . form of n ian n erals. h form of numerals to be used for the official purpose of Delhi shall be the international • '
6. Po er to make le . · ( ) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes ,of is Act.
(2) n particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for al or a y of he following matters, namely :- •
(a) the manner o transla ion of the authoritative text in Hindi language ofBills etc. in English, Punjabi and Urdu • ' • ' a guages; o er mat er whic is required to be or may be prescribed. • or mores cce .. s r ! ,,-d sessio afor made, th
(b)
(3) I· Te 7 . l I made . der this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the House of the Legi lativ ? hil · ? Session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised tn one session or in two i n a · ) ef re the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive • to; agr - s in making any modification in the rule or the House agrees that the rule should not be . ? e have effect only in such modified f 011n or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that a i n an lment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under thata y s .c , e. • P. S. PARMAR, Dy. Secy . , I • • - 1 • • ' • • • . Printed by· the Manager, Go\1. of India Press Ring Road, Mayapuri, . · w D lhi-110064 and Published bv the Controller of Publications .. Delhi· 110054. ? , •