47. Official language or languages of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and language
or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly thereof.—(1) The Legislative Assembly may by
law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or
Hindi as the official language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of the
Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
(2) The business in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall
be transacted in the official language or languages of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or in
Hindi or in English:
Provided that the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or person acting as such, as the case may
be, may permit any member who cannot adequately express himself in any of the languages aforesaid
to address the Legislative Assembly in his mother tongue.Source footnotes
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