The Constitution of India
Special procedure for enactment of certain laws relating to language.— During the
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 349
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourceperiod of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, no Bill or amendment
making provision for the language to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (1)
of article 348 shall be introduced or moved in either House of Parliament without the
previous sanction of the President, and the President shall not give his sanction to the
introduction of any such Bill or the moving of any such amendment except after he has taken
into consideration the recommendations of the Commission constituted under clause (1) of
article 344 and the report of the Committee constituted under clause (4) of that article.
CHAPTER - IV - SPECIAL DIRECTIVES
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