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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Official Languages Act, 1963 Section 8

Power to Make Rules

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Official Languages Act, 1963 Section 8 is part of Official Languages Act, 1963 - Power to Make Rules. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or1[in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

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1. Substituted for the words "in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following" by Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amdt.) Act (4 of 1986), Section 2, Schedule. (15-5-86).

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What does Official Languages Act, 1963 Section 8 provide?

Section Section 8 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (Power to Make Rules) 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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