{"id":236377,"date":"2020-09-28T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T08:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=236377"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:08:06","slug":"presidential-assent-jammu-and-kashmir-official-languages-act-2020-5-languages-to-be-the-official-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/28\/presidential-assent-jammu-and-kashmir-official-languages-act-2020-5-languages-to-be-the-official-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"[Presidential Assent] Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 | 5 languages to be the official languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 received Presidential Assent on 26-09-2020.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\">FEATURES:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Official languages of Union territory [SECTION 3]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi and English languages shall be the official languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of the Union territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">English may continue to be used in the union territory for those administrative and legislative purposes for which it was being used before the commencement of the Act. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Promotion and development of regional languages [SECTION 4]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Administrator may, for the promotion and development of regional languages of the Union territory, take necessary steps to strengthen the existing institutional mechanisms such as the Academy of Art, Culture and languages in the Union territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The institutional mechanisms shall make special efforts for the promotion and development of Gojri, Pahari and Punjabi languages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Read the detailed amendments here: <a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/egazette.nic.in\/WriteReadData\/2020\/222037.pdf\">Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Law and Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 received Presidential Assent on 26-09-2020. 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