SIKKIM
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1977 THE SIKKIM OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES ACT, 1977 [Act No. 05 of 1977] [17th October, 1977] An Act to provide for
the adoption of the Nepali, the Bhutia and the Lepcha languages as the
languages to be used for the official purposes of the State of Sikkim. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the adoption
of the Nepali, the Bhutia and the Lepcha languages as the languages to be used
for the official purposes of the State of Sikkim; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-eighth year of
the Republic of India by the Legislature of Sikkim, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Official
Languages Act 1977. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim. (3) It shall come into force or such date as the State
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. With
effect from such date, as the State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, the Nepali, the Bhutia and the Lepcha
languages shall be the languages to be used for all official purposes of the State
of Sikkim; Provided that different dates may be specified for different
official purposes. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) All rules made under this Section shall be laid as
soon as may be, after they are made before the Legislative Assembly while it is
in session and if before the expiry of the session in which they are so laid or
the next session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly resolves to
make any modification in the rules, or resolves that such rules or any portion
thereof shall not have effect, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in
such modified form or be of no effect, in whole or in part, as the case may, so
however, that any such resolution shall be without prejudice to the validity of
any thing previously done under such rules before such resolution.
Preamble - SIKKIM OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
ACT, 1977PREAMBLE