REGISTERED No. D 221 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY S. No. 1] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 8,1968/PAUSA 18, 1889 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may he filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 8th January, 1968/Pausa 18, 1889 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 8th January, 1968, and is hereby published for general information.: — THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967 No. 1 OF 1968 [8th January, 1968] 19 of 1963.
An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, 1963.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 1967.
2. For section 3 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely: — "3. (1) Notwithstanding the expiration of the period of fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, the short title.
Substitution of new section for section 3, Continuance of English I i THE GAZETTE ot1 INDIA EXTRAORDINARY |PART ll language for official purposes of the Union "ndfor use in Parliament.
English language may, as from the appointed day, continue to be used, in addition to Hindi,—
(a) for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before that day; and
(b) for the transaction of business in Parliament:
Provided that the English language shall be used for purposes of communication between the Union and a State which has no I adopted Hindi as its official language:
Provided further that where Hindi is used for purposes of communication between one State which has adopted Hindi as its official language and another State which has not adopted Hindi as its official language, such communication in Hindi shall be accompanied by a translation of the same in the English language:
Provided also that nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as preventing a State which has not adopted Hindi as its official language from using Hindi for purposes of communication with the Union or with a State which has adopted Hindi as its official language, or by agreement with any other State, and in such a case, it shall not be obligatory to use the English language ior purposes of communication with that State.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where Hindi or the English language is used for purposes of communication—
(i) between one Ministry or Department or office of the Central Government and another;
(ii) between one Ministry or Department or office of the Central Government and any corporation or company owned or controlled by the Central Government or any office thereof;
(Hi) between any corporation or company owned or controlled by the Central Government or any office thereof and another, a translation of such communication in the English language or, as the case may be, in Hindi shall also be provided till such date as the staff of the concerned Ministry, Department, office or corporation or company aforesaid have acquired a working knowledge of Hindi.
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(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), b«th Hindi and the English language shall be used for—
(1) resolutions, general orders, rules, notifications, administrative or other reports or press communiques issued or made by the Central Government or by a Ministry, Department or office thereof or by a corporation or company owned or controlled by the Central Government or by any office of such corporation or company;
(«) administrative and other reports and official papers laid before a House or the Houses of Parliament;
(in) contracts and agreements executed, and licences, permits, notices and forms ot tender issued, by or on behalf of the Central Government or any Ministry, Department or office thereof or by a corporation or company owned or controlled by the Central Government or by any office of such corporation or company.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (I) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), the Central Government may, by rules made under section 8, provide for the language or languages to be used for the official purpose of the Union, including the working of any Ministry, Department, section or office, and in making such rules, due consideration shall be given to the quick and efficient disposal of the official business and the interests of the general public and in particular, the rules so made shall ensure that persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Union and having proficiency either in Hindi or in the English language may function effectively and that they are not placed at a disadvantage on the ground that they do not have proficiency in both the languages.
(5) The provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (2), and the provisions of sub-section (2), sub-section (3) and sub-section (4) shall remain in force until resolutions for the discontinuance of the use of the English language for the purposes mentioned therein have been passed by the Legislatures of all the States which have not adopted Hindi as their official language and until after considering the resolutions aforesaid, a resolution for such discontinuance nas been passed by each House of Parliament.".
4 THE GAZErrK OF INDIA EXTEAORDINARIf |_PAnr IJ SEC—1] Amendment of lection 4.
3. To sub-section (4) of section 4 of the principal Act," the following proviso shall be added, namely: — "Provided that the directions so issued shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of section 3.".
V. N. BHATIA, Secy, to the Govt. of India, PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1988