Official Languages Act
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Official Language Act or Official Languages Act may refer to:
- the Official Languages Act (Canada)Official Languages Act (Canada)The Official Languages Act is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9, 1969, which gives English and French equal status in the government of Canada. This makes them "official" languages, having preferred status in law over all other languages...
passed in Canada to enshrine official bilingualism - the Official Language Act (Quebec)Official Language Act (Quebec)The Official Language Act of 1974 , also known as Bill 22, is an act of the National Assembly of Quebec which made French the sole official language of Quebec, a province of Canada...
passed in Quebec to ensure that French retained its primary status - the Official Languages Act (Ireland) passed in Ireland to promote the provision of state services in Irish
- the Official Language Act (Sri Lanka) passed in Sri Lanka in 1956 to make Sinhalese the official language of the country
- the Official Languages Ordinance passed in Hong Kong in 1974 to bring the English and Chinese languages to equal status as official languages of the territory