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The Gazette 
of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 16] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1963/VAISAKHA 21, 1885
MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 11th May, 1963/Vaisakha 21, 1885 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 10th May, 1963 and is hereby published for general information:-
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963
No. 19 OF 1963
An Act to provide for the languages which may be used for the official purposes of the Union, for transaction of business in Parliament, for Central and State Acts and for certain purposes in High Courts.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Official Languages Act, 1963.
(2) Section 3 shall come into force on the 26th day of January, 1965 and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
- (a) "appointed day", in relation to section 3, means the 26th day of January, 1965 and in relation to any other provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force;
- (b) "Hindi" means Hindi in Devanagari script.
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