The Gujarat State Legislature (Use of The English Language) Act, 1964.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEGISLATIVE PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 

GUJARAT ACT NO. 28 OF 1964 

The Gujarat State Legislature (Use of The 

English Language) Act, 1964 

 

(As modified upto the 31st October, 2006)  

 

 



 

GUJARAT ACT NO. 28 OF 1964 

THE GUJARAT STATE LEGISLATURE (USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE) ACT, 1964 

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CONTENTS 

PREAMBLE PAGE 

 NO. 

SECTIONS. 

1. Short title and commencement. 1 

2. Continuance of English language in state legislature. 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

GUJARAT ACT NO. 28 OF 1964 

THE GUJARAT STATE LEGISLATURE (USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE) ACT, 1964 

[30th October, 1964] 

An Act to provide for continuing the use of English Language for the transaction of 

business in the State Legislature. 

It is hereby enacted in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :– 

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat State Legislature (Use of the English 

Language) Act, 1964. 

 (2) It shall come into force on the 26th  day of January, 1965. 

2. Notwithstanding the expiration of the period of fifteenth years from the 

commencement of the Constitution of India, the English language may continue 

to be used for the transaction of business in the Legislature of the State of 

Gujarat by addition to any of the official languages of the State of Gujarat. 

Explanation.- In this Act the expression “official languages” means the Gujarati 

language and the Hindi language in Devnagari script which have been declared under 

the Gujarat Official Languages Act, 1960 as the languages to be used for official 

purposes in the State of Gujarat. 

 

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Short title, extent 

and commence-

ment. 

Continuance of 

English Language 

in state 

Legislature. 

Guj. I of 1961.