 the official languages bill, 1963 a bill0 provide for the languages which may be wed for the o6icitll purposes of the union, for transaction of b1l8inesb in pqrliameftlt, for centtal and state acts and for certain purpose, in high coons bb it enacted by parliament in the fourteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) thil act may be called the official languages act, u~e3   ua4 __ (2) section 3 shall come into force on the 26th day of january, =:--s 1965 and the remaining provisions of this act shall come into force - on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this act 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-defti· ticm 10 (a) "appointed day·', in relation to section 3, means the 28th day of january, 1965 and in relation to any other provision of this act, means the day on which that provision comes into force; (b) "hindi" means hindi in devanagari script  - 3 notwithstandin'g the expiration of the period of fifteen years from the commencement of the constitution, the english language may, as from the appointed day, continue to be used, in addition to hindi,-(a) for all the official purposes of the union for which it s was being used immediately before that day; and continuance of english language for official purposes of the union and for use in parliament (b) for the transaction of business in parliament committee on oftlcial language 4 (1) after the expiration of cen years from the date on which section 3 comes into force, the president may appoint a committee c:onsisting of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be m~rs of 10 the house of the people and ten shall be members of the couneb of states, to be elected respectively by the members of i the house of the people and the members of the council of states in ac:eord- &dee with the system of proportional representation by means of the ~le transferable vote is (2) it shall be the duty of the committee to review the progress made in the use of hindi for the official purposes of the union and submit a report to the president making recommendations thereon (3) the president may, after consideration of the report referred to in sub-section (2), issue directions in accordance with the whole 20 or any part of that report a!lthorlsed 5 (1) a translation in hindi published under the authority of the :::lation president in the official gazette on and after the appointed day,-of central  acts, etc (a) of any central act or of any ordmance promulgated by the president, or 25 (b) of any order, rule, regulation or bye-law issued under the constitution or under any central act, shall be deemed to be the authoritative text thereof in hindi (2) as from the appointed day, the authoritative text in the 0 english language of all bills to be introduced or amendments thereto 3 to be moved in either house of parliament shall be accompanied by a translation of the same in hindi authorised in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under this act authol'ised 6 where the legislature of a state has prescribed any language hindi other than hindi for use in acts pa<;sed by the legislature of the 35 ~s~~or state or in ordinances promulgated by the governor of the state, a ~ds in translation of the same in hindi, in addition to a translation thereof certain in the english language as required by clause (3) of article 348 of cases  f th 'tdd the constitution, may be pubbshed on or a ter e appom e ay under the authority of the governor of the state in the official 40 gazette, of that state and in such a case, the translation in hindi of any such act or ordinance shall be deemed to be the authoritative text thereof in the hindi language ' 1 as from the appointed day or any day thereafter, the governor optional s of a state may, with the previous consent of the president, authorise use of the use of hindi or the official language of the state, in addition to hind~ the english language, for the purposes of any judgment, decree or ~~~~ler order passed or made by the high court for that state and where language in any judgment, decree or order is passed or made in any such langu- judgments, 10 age (other than the english language), it shall be accompanied by a et~, of translation of the same in the english language issued under the ~lgh ts authority of the high court our  i (1) the central government may, by notification in the official ~k:rto gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act rules is (2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successiv'e sessions, and if before the expiry , of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately 20 following, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of ~o effec,t  as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously 2s done under that rule 9 the provisions of section 6 and section 7 shall not apply to the' cert~ ,  provisloda state of jammu and kashmir not to apply to jammu ~ md  kashmir  statement of objects and reasonsthe committee constituted under clause (4) of article 344 of the constitution to examine the recommendations of the commission constituted under clause (1) thereof expressed the opinion that complete change over to hindi by the 26th january, 1965 was not practicable and that provision should be made in pursuance of clause (3) of article 343 of the constitution for the continued use of engl:sh even after 1965 for purposes to be specified by parliament by law tor as long as may be necessary during the debate on the report of the committee, the prime minister made a speech on the 4th september, 1959 indicating broadly the approach of the government to the official language question after considering the report of the committee, the president issued directions on the 27th april, 1960 in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (6) of article 344 in which a reference \1:as made to the speech of the prime minister in order to give effect to the policy of the government as indicated by the prime minister, it is proposed to provide for the continued uae of the english language, in addition to hindi, for ofrcial purposes of the union and for the transaction of business in parliament after the ~th january, 1965 2 the :bill also seeks to make provision by law for certain other aatten eotered by the presidential order, namely (a) authorised ftlndt translation of central acts, ordinances and other statutory instruments and of bills or amendments to be introduced or moved in parliament; lb) publication of a hindi translation of state acts and ordilumces; and (c) for the use optionally of hindi and other ofbcial lapguages of states for purposes of judgments, decrees and orden of !ligh courts with the previous consent of the president lal 'bahadurt n'i1n di:lm:; the 3rd llprft, 1963 - financial memorandumclause 4( 1) of the bill provides that after the expiration of 10 years from 26th day of january, 1965, the president may appoint a committee, consisting of 30 members, of whom 20 shall be members of the house of the people and 10 shall be members of the council of states, to review the progress made in the use of hindi for the official purposes of the union and to submit a report to the president making recommendations thereon no expenditure is likely to be involv-ed, if the meetings of the committee are held in delhi during the period when parliament is in session if, however, such meetings are held at any time when parliament is not in session, some expendi ture may be incurred on allowances of members and also on contingencies it is not possible to give a precise estimate of the expenditure that may thus be incurred it is not, however, likely that such expenditure would exceed rs 15,000   memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for c~ing out the purposes of the proposed legislatjon under sub-clause (2) of clause 5, authorised hindi translation of the bills to be infroduced and amendments thereto to be moved in either house of parliament have to be supplied the manner in which such translation will be authorised may be prescribed by rules similarly, the procedure to be followed in obtaining the authority of the president for the publication of a translation in hindi of central acts, ordinances, orders, rules, etc, may have to be prescribed by rules all these matters are of a procedural character moreover, the rules made under clause 8 will have to be laid before each house of parliament and they will be subject to the scrutiny of parliament the delegation of legislative power is thus of a normal character a bnl to provide for the languages which may be used for the official }!urposes of the union, for transaction of business in parliament, for central and state acts and for certain purposes in high courts the president has, in pursuance of article 349 and clause (3) of anic1e 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the introduction and consideration of the bill mn kaul, secretary (shri 1al bahadur shastri, minister of home adair,) - 