National Language Act 1963/67

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National Language Act 1963/67
Parliament of Malaysia
Long title An Act to consolidate the law relating to the use of the national language.
Citation	Act 32
Territorial extent	Throughout Malaysia
Passed by	Dewan Rakyat
Passed	11 March 1963
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)
Passed by	Dewan Negara
Passed	15 March 1963
Effective	Peninsular Malaysia–sections 9 to 11–11 April 1963, Act 10 of 1963; Remainder–1 September 1967, Act 7 of 1967
Legislative history
First chamber: Dewan Rakyat
Bill title	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
Second chamber: Dewan Negara
Bill title	National Language Bill 1963
Member(s) in charge	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
Amended by
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 law enacted to consolidate the law relating to the use of the national language, as promised by the preceding Malayan government to be done 10 years after its independence.^[1]