Act Info:
THE KARNATAKA LOCAL AUTHORITIES (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE) ACT, 1981
[Act, No. 30 of 1981]
[15th April, 1981]
PREAMBLE
An Act to provide for the adoption of Kannada as the language to be used for official purposes by all the local authorities within the State of Karnataka.
WHEREAS by Karnataka Act 26 of 1963, Kannada was declared as the official Language of the State;
WHEREAS by Notification No. DPAR 29 PCL 79 , dated 4th March 1980, the Government of Karnataka notified that Kannada shall be used for all official purposes by all State Government offices throughout the State;
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the use of Kannada for all official purposes by the local authorities in the State;
BE it enacted by the Karnataka State legislature in the Thirty second year of the Republic of India as follows:--