“Obelisk” published the text of the Official Languages Act

01/07/2014 17:02

Published the text of the Official Languages Act Kurdish and Arabic languages Smtian in meetings and correspondence, currency and postage stamps

BAGHDAD / obelisk: publish obelisk text of the Official Languages Act in Iraq voted by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, which was considered both Arabic and Kurdish are the official languages and used in meetings of official documents and correspondence issued by the federal authorities and the authorities of the region and currency cash, passports and indicator panels traffic and indicator panels on ministries and state departments and the Federal Kurdistan Region and the issuance of revenue stamps and postcards, also considered the law Turkmen language and Syriac language are official languages in the administrative units that constitute the Turkmen or Syriac where population density.

The text of the Official Languages Act
January 7, 2014
on behalf of the people of
the Presidential Council
on the basis of what was approved by the House of Representatives and approved by the President of the Republic and based on the provisions of item (I) of Article (61) and item (iii) of Article (73) of the Constitution
released the following law:
No. () for the year 2013
Law
of the official languages
Article 1 –
(i) the official language: the language adopted by the State to speak and express and official correspondence and banknotes and stamps and official documents in respect of all matters of state at home and abroad and so on from other areas.
(ii) the official language of the local: is the language that their applications comply with the official administrative units which constitute Speakers by population density.

Article -2 – Arabic language and the Kurdish language are the two official languages of Iraq.

Article -2 – Arabic language and the Kurdish language are the two official languages of Iraq.
article -3 – Official Gazette is issued in Arabic and Kurdish.
article -4 – used languages are Arabic and Kurdish in official meetings and the House of Representatives and the Presidency and the Council of Ministers and the Federal The Supreme Judicial Council and the Federal agencies and institutions and other official meetings in the Kurdistan Region and its parliament and his presidency and
his government.
article -5 – be speaking, addressing and expressing in official domains between the federal authorities and the authorities of the Kurdistan Region in both Arabic and Kurdish.
article -6 – depends documents and correspondence issued two official languages at the federal authorities and the authorities of the region.

Article -7 – may be open to all levels of schools to teach Arabic or Kurdish or Turkmen or Syriac, or Armenian or Mandaean in government educational institutions, or any other language in private educational institutions in accordance with educational guidelines.

Article -8 – used in both Arabic and Kurdish as follows:

First: the issuance of currency.
Secondly, passports and traffic indicator panels and boards on the significance of the ministries and departments of the Federal State and the Kurdistan Region.
Thirdly, the issuance of revenue stamps and mailing.

Article 9 – Turkmen language and Syriac language are official languages in the administrative units that constitute the Turkmen or Syriac where population density.

Article -10 – each region or governorate may adopt any other local language as an additional official language if approved the majority of the population in a referendum.

Article -11 – form a higher committee to follow up the implementation of this law linked to the Council of Ministers headed by a representative of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the membership of a representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government and a representative from the Office of the Chamber of Deputies assisted by a committee of linguists, academics and representatives of the Turkmen and Assyrians
and Mandaeans and have added a representative of the state of the language of Iraqi other.
article -12 – define the tasks and the convening of a quorum of the Committee provided for in Article (12) of this law, the instructions issued by the Prime Minister.
article -13 -: This law aims to: –
First, to ensure respect for the Constitution and its activation to organize the use of official languages In the Republic of Iraq.
Secondly, awareness of language, in order to bring together Iraqi factions and deepen and consolidate the concepts of humanitarian and national.
Thirdly: To achieve the spirit of pride in the mother tongue.
Fourth, ensure equality between Arabic and Kurdish rights and privileges for use in federal institutions.
Fifth, support and development of Arabic and Kurdish and languages other Iraqi such as Turcoman and Syriac and Mandaean and Armenian.
Article -14 – First: every Iraqi citizen or a foreigner teaching his children the language of the mother.
Secondly, each component Iraqi has the right to create colleges or institutes and cultural centers or Complexes of scientific serve the development of their language and culture and heritage.
article -15 -: The Iraqi Academy of Science and the Academy of the Kurdish two certified reference to the interpretation of terms and words in the case of the difference in them.
article -16 -: treated contrary to the provisions of this law are as follows:
First: Apply discipline sanctions against him if he was employed.
Secondly, the employee is threatening to remove the violation within fifteen (15) days, and when he refused to be punished by a fine of not less than (50) fifty thousand dinars for each day it fails to remove all infringing.
Thirdly, each victim the right to move the proceedings When the criminal violation of the provisions of this law.
Article -17 – The Council of Ministers issued instructions to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this law.
article -18 – This law shall be published in the official gazette and implemented after ninety (90) days from the date of publication.
reasons

Pursuant to Article (4) of the Constitution and of respect for the diversity of national and linguistic in Iraq and confirmation of the consolidation of the human dimension of civilizations in the custody of the new union, and in line with the teachings of Islam which emphasizes respect for differing languages, and in order to enable the basic components of the Republic of
Iraq of free expression its need and requirements in their original language.
initiated this law

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“Obelisk” published the text of the Official Languages Act