Article
345 Official language or languages of a State
Subject to the
provisions of articles 346 and 347, the Legislature of a State may by
law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or
Hindi as the Language or Languages to be used for all or any of the
official purposes of that State; Provided that, until the Legislature
of the State otherwise provides by law, the English language shall
continue to be used for those official purposes within the State for
which it was being used immediately before the commencement of this
Constitution.
Article
346 Official language for communication between one State and another
or between a State and the Union
The language for the time
being authorised for use in the Union for official purposes shall be
the official language for
communication between one State and
another State and between a State and the Union:
Provided that
if two or more States agree that the Hindi language should be the
official language for communication between such States, that
language may be used for such communication.
Article
347 Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the
population of a State
On a demand being made in that behalf
the President may, if he is satisfied that a substantial proportion
of the population of a State desire the use of any language spoken by
them to be recognised by that state, direct that such language shall
also be officially recognised throughout that State or any part
thereof for such purpose as he may specify.
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