SIKKIM OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1995

Preamble - SIKKIM OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1995

THE SIKKIM OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1995

[Act No. 05 of 1995]

[3rd April, 1995]

PREAMBLE

An Act to amend the Sikkim Official Languages Act, 1977 (5 of 1977).

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Forty Seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Section 1 - Short title

This Act may be called the Sikkim Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 1995.

Section 2 - Amendment of long title, preamble and section 2

In the Sikkim Official Languages Act, 1977 (5 of 1977), in the long title, the preamble and section 2 for the words, "the Nepali, the Bhutia, the Lepcha and the Limbu" the words "the Nepali, the Bhutia, the Lepcha, the Limbu, the Newari, the Rai, the Gurung, the Mangar, the Sherpa and the Tamang" shall be substituted.