HIMACHAL PRADESH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

Preamble - HIMACHAL PRADESH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

[Act No. 09 of 2019]

[14th May, 2019]

PREAMBLE

An Act to amend the Himachal Pradesh Official Language Act, 1975 (Act No. 1 of 1975).

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :--

 

Section 1 - Short title

This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2019.

 

Section 2 - Substitution of section

For section 2 of the Himachal Pradesh Official Language Act, 1975 (1 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), the following shall be substituted, namely:--

"2. Definitions.--

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

(a)      "Government" or "State Government" means the Government of Himachal Pradesh;

 

(b)      "Hindi" means Hindi language in Devanagari script;

 

(c)      "Notification" means a notification published in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh; and

(d)      "Sanskrit" means Sanskrit language in Devanagari script.".

 

Section 3 - Insertion of section 3-A

After section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"3-A. Sanskrit to be the second official language.--

The second official language of the State of Himachal Pradesh shall be Sanskrit.".

 

Section 4 - Insertion of section 4-A

After section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :--

"4-A. Purposes for which Sanskrit shall be used.--

Sanskrit as second official language shall be used for such purposes and from such date, as the Government may, specify by notification.".