The Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEGISLATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUJARAT ACT No. I OF 1961 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

(As modified upto the 31st October, 2012) 

 



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The Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960. 

 

CONTENTS. 
 

PREAMBLE. 
 

SECTIONS. 

 

1. Short title, extent and commencement. 

 

2 Official Languages for official purposes of the State. 
 

3. Notifications to be laid before Legislature. 

 

4. Language of Bills, Ordinances, orders, rules, etc. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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GUJARAT ACT No. I OF 19611 

 

[ THE GUJARAT OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1960 ] 
[ 15th February 1961. ] 

 

An Act to declare the official languages of the State of Gujarat. 

 

It is hereby enacted in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 

 

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960. 

 

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat. 

 

(3) It shall come into force at once. 
 

2. Hindi in Devnagari script (hereinafter referred to as "Hindi ") and Gujarati shall be 

the languages to be used for all official purposes of the State of Gujarat except such 

purposes as the State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the 

Official Gazette, specify: 

 

Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official 

Gazette, declare that Hindi shall be used for such official purposes only as may be 

specified in the notification. 

 

3. All notifications made under section 2 shall be laid before the State Legislature as 

soon as may be after they are made and shall be subject to such modifications as the 

State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session 

immediately following. 

 

4. Unless otherwise provided by a notification under section 2, Hindi and Gujarati 

shall from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official 

Gazette, appoint in respect thereof, be the languages to be used for — 

 

(a) all Bills introduced, or amendments thereto moved in the State 

Legislature, 

 

(b) all Acts passed by the State Legislature and all Ordinances promulgated 

by the Governor under article 213 of the Constitution, and 
 

(c) all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued by the State Government 

under the Constitution or under any law made by Parliament or the State 

Legislature. 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

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1
 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gujarat Government Gazette, 1960, Part V, p. 118. 

2.This Act was assented to by the Governor on ------------ 

Short title, extent and 

commencement. 

Official languages 

for official purposes 

of the State. 

Notifications to be 

laid before 

Legislature. 

Language of Bills, 

Ordinances, orders, 

rules, etc.