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Haryana Government Gazette 

EXTRAORDINARY 
Published by Authority 

© Govt. of  Haryana  

No. 63-2020/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 
 (VAISAKHA 21, 1942 SAKA) 

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT 

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PART&I ACTS 

THE HARYANA OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020 85 
(HARYANA ACT NO. 13 OF 2020) 

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 HARYANA  GOVT.  GAZ.  (EXTRA.), MAY. 11,  2020 (VYSK.  21, 1942  SAKA) 85 

PART-I 

HARYANA GOVERNMENT 

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 

Notification 

The 11th May, 2020 

No. Leg.14/2020.—The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received 
the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 31st March, 2020 and is hereby published for general 
information:- 

HARYANA ACT NO.13 OF 2020 

THE HARYANA OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020 

AN 

ACT 

further to amend the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy-first Year of the 
Republic of India as follows:- 

1.  (1) This Act may be called the Haryana Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2020. 

 (2) It shall come into force on such date, as the State Government may, by notification 
in the Official Gazette, appoint. 

Short title and 
commencement. 

2. After section 3 of the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969, the following section shall be 
inserted, namely:- 

“3-A.  Use of Hindi in Courts and Tribunals.- (1)  In all Civil Courts and Criminal Courts 
in Haryana subordinate to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, all Revenue Courts and 
Rent Tribunals or any other court or tribunal constituted by the State Government, work 
shall be done in the Hindi language. 

(2) The State Government shall provide the requisite infrastructure and training of staff 
within six months of the commencement of the Haryana Official Language (Amendment) 
Act, 2020.  

Explanation.— For the purpose of this section, the words ‘Civil Court’ and ‘Criminal 
Court’ shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in 
the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) and the Code 
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974).”. 

 

Insertion of 
section 3-A in 
Haryana Act 17of 
1969. 

 

 

 

 BIMLESH TANWAR, 
 SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HARYANA, 
 LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 

  
 
 
 
 

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