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Section 47: Official language or languages of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly thereof.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019Central Act · Act 34 of 2019

(1) The Legislative Assembly may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Hindi as the official language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

(2) The business in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be transacted in the official language or languages of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or in Hindi or in English:

Provided that the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or person acting as such, as the case may be, may permit any member who cannot adequately express himself in any of the languages aforesaid to address the Legislative Assembly in his mother tongue.

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ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
Section47
Marginal noteOfficial language or languages of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly thereof.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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