The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1 9 7 6/ P A U SA 11, 1897
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(Department of Official Language)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st January 1976
G.S.R. 2(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 8, read with sub- section (2) of Section 5, of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Official Languages (Manner of Authorisation of Hindi Translation of Bills) Rules, 1976.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1976.
2. Manner of authorisation of Hindi translation of Bills to be introduced in Parliament
and amendments thereto.—A translation in Hindi of the authoritative text in the English language of all Bills to bo introduced, or amendments thereto to be moved, in either House of Parliament shall bo authorised in the following manner, namely:—
(a) in the case of a Government Bill or any amendment to a Bill moved by Go- vernment, by the concerned Minister, by affixing his signature on a copy of such translation;
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