THE ASSAM OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

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    "title": "THE ASSAM OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964",
    "short_title": "The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1964",
    "act_number": "XXII",
    "act_year": 1964,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1964-11-17",
    "description": "The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1964",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1",
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            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1964.\n(2) It extends to the whole of Assam.\n(3) It shall come into force at once.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In the proviso to sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the principal Act, for the word \"five\" occurring between the words \"than\" and \"years\" the word \"ten\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In Section 3 of the principal Act, in the first proviso, for the words and figures \"under Article 343 of the Constitution of India\" the words \"for the official purposes of the Union under any law made by the Parliament in this behalf\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In Section 6 of the principal Act, for the words and figures \"under clause (2) of Article 343 of the Constitution of India\" the words \"for the official purposes of the Union under any law made by the Parliament in this behalf\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In clause (d) of the proviso to Section 7 of the principal Act, for the words and figures \"under Article 343 of the Constitution of India\" the words \"for the official purposes of the Union under any law made by the Parliament in this behalf\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Existing Section 8 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) and the following shall be inserted as sub-section (2), namely:-\r\n\"(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the Assam Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the sessions immediately following, the Assam Legislative Assembly agree in making any modification in the rule or the Assam Legislative Assembly agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.\"",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        }
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "196422",
        "Act Number": "XXII of 1964",
        "Enactment Date": "1964-11-17",
        "Act Year": "1964",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1964",
        "Department": "LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}