National Language Act 1963/67

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National Language Act 1963/67
Parliament of Malaysia
Long title An Act to consolidate the law relating to the use of the national language.
Citation	Act 32
Territorial extent	Throughout Bill title	National Language Bill 1963
Introduced by	Abdul Razak Hussein, Deputy Prime Minister
First reading	28 November 1962
Second reading	11 March 1963
Third reading	11 March 1963
Second chamber: Dewan Negara
Bill title	National Language Bill 1963
Member(s) in charge	Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Yusof, Assistant Minister of Information and Broadcasting
First reading	15 March 1963
Second reading	15 March 1963
Third reading	15 March 1963
Amended by
National Language (Amendment and Extension) Act 1983 [Act A554] National Language (Amendment) Act 1990 [Act A765] Constitution (Amendment) Act 1994 [Act A885] National Language (Amendment) Act 1994 [Act A901]
Keywords
National language
Status: In force

The National Language Act 1963/67 (Malay: Akta Bahasa Kebangsaan 1963/67), is a Malaysian law enacted to consolidate the law relating to the use of the national language, as promised by the preceding Malayan government to be done 10 years after its independence.^[1]

Structure

The National Language Act 1963/67, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 11 sections and no schedule (including 4 amendments), without separate Part.

• Section 1: Short title, application and commencement
• Section 2: National language to be used for official purposes
• Section 3: Use of translation
• Section 4: Continued use of English may be permitted
• Section 5: Use of English language may be permitted in Parliament and Legislative Assembly
• Section 6: Authoritative text of laws
• Section 7: Written laws enacted prior to 1 September 1967
• Section 8: Language of Courts
• Section 9: Script of national language
• Section 10: Form of numerals
• Section 11: Forms

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