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Notification issued under section 4 to be placed before the Legislature. * * * * STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 26 of 1963.- In 1958 the State Government appointed a Committee to make recommendations in regard to the adoption of Kannada as the official language in the State. After considering the recommendations of the Committee, several steps have been taken to implement the object of making Kannada as the official language of the State. In furtherance of this policy, it is now proposed to enact legislation in pursuance of Article 345 of the Constitution providing for the adoption of Kannada as the language to be used for official purposes in the State. Under clause (2) of Article 210 of the Constitution, the English language shall not be used for the transaction of business in the Legislature of a State after the expiry of fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, i.e., after 26th January 1965, unless the Legislature of the State by law otherwise provides. It is considered necessary to continue the use of English language in addition to Kannada and Hindi for the transaction of business in the Legislature of the State. Hence the Bill. (Published in Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 27th August, 1963 as No. 103 at page. 3.) II Amending Act 27 of 1974.—Government have recently re-organised the Translation Department by creating the Directorate of Languages and have also constituted an Experts’ Committee called the Official Language (Legislative) Experts’ Committee for the scrutiny of the translation made by the Directorate of Languages of the State Acts and Central Acts. The Kannada translations after scrutiny by the committee, are being published.