National Language Act 1963/67

National Language Act 1963/67
Parliament of Malaysia
An Act to consolidate the law relating to the use of the national language.
Citation	Act 32
Territorial extent	Throughout Malaysia
Enacted by	Dewan Rakyat
Date passed	11 March 1963
Date enacted	1963 (Act No. 10 of 1963); and 1967 (Act No. 7 of 1967) Consolidated and revised: 1971 (Act 32 w.e.f. 1 July 1971)
Enacted by	Dewan Negara
Date passed	15 March 1963
Date effective	Peninsular Malaysia–sections 9 to 11–11 April 1963, Act 10 of 1963; Remainder–1 September 1967, Act 7 of 1967
Legislative history
Bill introduced in the Dewan Rakyat	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
Bill introduced in the Dewan Negara	National Language Bill 1963
Introduced by	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
Amendments
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 laws which enacted to consolidate the law relating to the use of the national language.

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

References

External links

• National Language Act 1963/67  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Script of the National Language: Motion by Onn Jaafar, MP for Kuala Trengganu Tengah on 14 December 1959 in the Dewan Rakyat