Official Languages Act, 1963

Official Languages Act, 1963
Official Languages Act, 1963
Parliament of India
	Long title An Act to provide for the languages which may be used for the official purposes of the Union, for transaction of business in Parliament, for Central and State Acts and for certain purposes in High Courts. ;
Citation	Act No. 19 of 1963
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	27 April 1963
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	7 May 1963
Assented to by	President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Assented to	10 May 1963
Commenced	10 January 1965, section 5(1); 26 January 1965, section 3; 19 May 1969, section 6; 7 March 1970, section 7; 1 October 1976, section 5(2);
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	Official Languages Bill,1963
Introduced by	Home Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri
Introduced	23 April 1963
Third reading	27 April 1963
Voting summary	188 voted for; 15 voted against;
Second chamber: Rajya Sabha
Passed	7 May 1963
Amended by
	Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 1967 (1 of 1968); Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1985 (4 of 1986);
	Status: In force

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The Official Languages Act, 1963 is an act of the Parliament of India which designates which of the official languages of India are the language of government.