English to be continued to be used of official purposes until the Government otherwise direct.3. Notwithstanding anything in section 2. and without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 346 and 347 of the to be Constitution, the English language shall continue to be continued used for all the official purposes of the State for which it was being used before the commencement of this Act until purposes the State Government, by notification under section 4, until the otherwise direct in respect of any official purpose specified in
Government's power to notify the official purposes for which Tamil to be used. 4. The State Government may. by notification issued from time to time, direct that Tamil shall be used in respect of such official purposes as may be specified in the power to notification.
Declaration of Tamil as the language of courts for recording evidence in all procedings.[1][4-A. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Act or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908) or in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), Tamil shall be the language of all-
(i) civil and criminal courts subordinate to the High Court;
(ii) tribunals; and
(iii) rent courts and revenue courts,
for the purpose of recording evidence in all proceedings:
Provided that the Presiding Officer of any such court or tribunal may, in recording evidence in Tamil, employ English words and phrases, wherever he feels necessary, to bring out the exact purport and meaning:
Provided further that the High Court may, by general or special order, permit-
(i) any class of Presiding Officers of civil or criminal courts, or tribunals, or
- ↑ This section was inserted by section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1976 (Tamil Nadu 41 of 1976)
