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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Official Languages Act, 1963 Section 4

COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

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Official Languages Act, 1963 Section 4 is part of Official Languages Act, 1963 - COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) After the expiration of ten years from the date on which S. 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 by 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 Slate 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 Governments thereon, issue directions in accordance with the whole or any part of that report. .5[Provided that the directions so issued shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of S. 3.]

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What does Official Languages Act, 1963 Section 4 provide?

Section Section 4 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGE) is reproduced on this page as part of the Official Languages Act, 1963. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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