Official language choice: State legislature may adopt languages for official purposes; English continues until law provides otherwise. The provision empowers the State Legislature to enact laws adopting one or more languages in use in the State or Hindi for all or any official purposes, subject to constitutional constraints, and provides that English shall continue for those official purposes where it was in use immediately before the Constitution until the Legislature otherwise provides by law.
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Official language choice: State legislature may adopt languages for official purposes; English continues until law provides otherwise.
The provision empowers the State Legislature to enact laws adopting one or more languages in use in the State or Hindi for all or any official purposes, subject to constitutional constraints, and provides that English shall continue for those official purposes where it was in use immediately before the Constitution until the Legislature otherwise provides by law.
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