The Delhi Official Languages Act, 2000

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The following Act of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory No. . of lhi received t e assent of the President of India on 13-6-2003 and is h reby published for general informal· o . • ''The Delhi Official Languages Act, 2000 (Delhi Act No. 8 of 2003) (As passed by the Legislati Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi 3-4-2000) .e An Act to provide for adoption o Hindi in Devnagri script as the first official language and Punjabi in Gurmukhi scri and Urdu in P rsian script the second languages to be used for the official purposes and other matters of the t as • ational Ca ital Territory of Delhi. • Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi in he Fifty First year of he . Republic of India follows as :- • 1. Short title, extent and commenceme -{ l) This Act may be called the Delhi Official Language Act, 2()()(). (2) It extends the whole of the ational Capital Territory of De hi. to (3) It shall come into force on such ate as the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definiti ons. In this Act, un ess the CO c t otherwise requires, (a) "Delhi" the National Capital Tc ·1 ry of Delhi; means · • (b) "Government" the Govcmmcn f ationa Capital Territory of Delhi. means "Legislative Assembly" the Legislative As ernbly of the National Capital lerritoryof Delhi. (c) means the 3. Hindi to be Official Language of Delhi. Hindi i Devnagri script shall, with effect from such dale as Government by notification in the Official Gazette, appoi in this behalf, be the Official Language of Delhi. may, Provided that the Englis anguagc may continue to be used r osc administrative and legislative purposes in el i for vhich it being b ·fore the commencement of this Act in consonan c with the pro isions contai e was us ofthcOfficialLang agesAct, 1963(19ofl963): io cc by, further that transl · of any Bill introduced · n, or Act passed t e Leg· alive Assembl , o o c a a on · · Igated by the L Governor of Delhi or of any order;· rule, regulation or bye-la i sued und a y ' n adc o nc s · om . . jr cgislative Asscmb other state law extended o Delhi published under the: ority of he .' t c · c o t e y or a y ii in Official Gazct shall be deemed to be the authoritative text hereof in tl1c E • I unj,1bi & ? c, c c . th· Ac a g gcs n r s . Punjabi and rdu be second Official Lan?1Uages of Delhi. Punjabi in Gurmukhi script and lJr in Persian 4. t script shal be the second Official Language of Delhi for the following purposes, namely: . a) Receipt and reply of applications and petitions by all Offices of Government of NC of Delhi in Ur 0 Punjabi. ( • PART V] ORDINARY I 1 ) ------------·--------------------------------- (b) Publication of the ranslation of important Government rules, regulations and Gazette otifications in Urdu · and Punjab· also. (c) Sig boar Official Buildings, G , overnment offices and roads etc. will bear the iri Urdu and Punjabi so names also. / tlie (d) Publicatio of i portant Government advertisements in News Papers in Urdu and Punjabi also . . (e) Proceedings ofLegis ive Assembly will be recorded and issued simultaneously in Urdu and Punjabi also a wherever required. 5. of umeral h form of numerals to be used for the official purpose of Delhi shall be the international orm . • form of ian erals. n n ' 6. Po to make le ( ) The Government by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying er may, · . the ,of is Act. out purposes (2) particular and without prejudice the generality of the foregoing such rules provide for al to power, may or n of he following namely matters, a y :- • (a) the transla ion of the authoritative text in Hindi language ofBills etc. in English, Punjabi and Urdu manner o • a guages; (b) whic is required be be prescribed. • ' mat to o er er or may (3) I· l made der this Act shall be laid, be after it is made, before the House of the Te 7 as soon as may . I . Legi lativ ? hil · ? Session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised tn one session or in two • i · ef the expiry of the session immediately following the session the successive or mores cce .. s r ! ,,-d n a re or ) sessio afor in making modificatio • n in the rule the House that the rule should not be agr s any or agrees - ' to; made, th have effect only in such modified f be of effect, the be; h. owever, that e 011n or no as case may so, ? i lment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that a y s .c a n an e. , P. S. PARMAR, Dy. Secy . • , I • • - 1 • • ' • • • . Printed by· the Manager, Go\1. of India Press Ring Road, Mayapuri, · D lhi-110064 w . and Published bv the Controller of Publications Delhi· 110054. .. ? , •