Article 25 
Subject to the provisions of section 26 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he... 
(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with sufficient proficiency to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the Senate.

Article 31 
Subject to the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he... 
(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the House. 

　

Article 5 
2. A person arrested or detained shall be informed within a reasonable delay, and in any event no later than forty-eight hours after his arrest and detention, in a language he understands and in detail, of the reasons for his arrest and detention; reasonable measures will be undertaken to permit him to communicate, in private, with a lawyer of his choice and, in the case of a person aged under eighteen years, with his parents or tutor. 

Article 10 
2. A person charged with a criminal offence... 
(b) will be informed as soon as is reasonable to do so, in a language he understands and in detail, of the nature of the offence with which he is charged;... 
(f) shall be permitted to have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used at his trial. 

Article 17 
1. Notwithstanding Article 5 but in conformity with Article 16, the following provisions will apply when a person is detained under emergency measures: 
(a) the person shall be informed within a reasonable delay, and in any event no later than seven days after the start of his detention, in a language he understands and in detail, of the reasons for his detention; he will be given a written declaration in English explaining in detail these reasons.

　

Article 3 
(2) Any person who is arrested or detained shall with reasonable promptitude and in any case no later than twenty-four hours after such arrest or detention be informed in a language that he understands of the reasons for his arrest of detention and be afforded reasonable facilities for private communication and consultation with a legal practitioner of his own choice and, in the case of a minor, with his parents or guardian. 

Article 8 
(2) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence- 
b. shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in a language that he understands and in detail, of the nature of the offence charged; 
f. shall be permitted to have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand the language used at the trial. 

Article 15 
(1) When a person is detained by virtue of any such law as is referred to in section 14 of this Constitution the following provisions shall apply, that is to say:- 
a. he shall, with reasonable promptitude and in any case not more than seven days after the commencement of his detention, be informed in a language that he understands and in detail of the grounds upon which he is detained and furnished with a written statement in English specifying those grounds in detail;

Article 25 
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 26 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a representative if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he... 
(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the House.

　

Article 9 
(4) Every person charged with an offence has the following minimum rights. 
(a) To be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and in detail, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him; 
(e) To have the free assistance of an interpreter, if any doubt exists as to whether he can understand or speak the language used in court. 

Article 15 
(2) Except as expressly authorised under the provisions of this Constitution, no law and no executive or administrative action of the State shall, either expressly or in its practical application, subject any person or persons to any disability or restriction or confer on any person or persons any privilege, or advantage on grounds only of descent, sex language, religion, political or other opinion, social origin place of birth, family status, or any of them.

　

Article 1 
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its religion; God's Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet, God's prayers and peace be upon him, are its constitution, Arabic is its language and Riyadh is its capital.

　

Article 1 
... The official language of the Republic of Senegal is French. The national languages are Diola, Malinke, Poular, Serere, Soninke and Wolof.

Article 3 
Political parties shall contribute to the expression of suffrage. They shall be required to respect the Constitution and thus the principles of national sovereignty and democracy. They are prevented from identifying themselves by race, ethnicity, sex, religion, sect, language or region.. 

　

Article 4

(1) Les langues nationales des Seychelles sont l'anglais, le créole et le français. (2) Par dérogation au paragraphe (1), toute personne peut utiliser pour une fin quelconque la langue nationale de son choix, sauf que l'utilisation de l'une ou de plusieurs langues nationales peut être décrétée par une règle de droit à certaines fins.

 

Article 18
(3) La personne qui est arrêtée ou détenue a le droit d'être informée au moment de son arrestation ou de sa détention, ou à la première occasion, dans une langue, si possible, qu'elle comprend, des raisons de son arrestation ou de sa détention, de garder le silence, d'avoir recours à l'assistance d'un avocat de son choix et, dans le cas d'un mineur, de communiquer avec son père, sa mère ou son tuteur.

Article 19

(2) Toute personne accusée d'une infraction :
 b) est informée de façon précise, au moment de son inculpation ou à la première occasion, de la nature de l'infraction reprochée dans une langue, si possible, qu'elle comprend;
f) bénéficie gratuitement, si possible, de l'assistance d'un interprète afin de comprendre la langue utilisée au procès;

　

Article 44 
2. A person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of Parliament, if: 
(e) he is able, with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament, to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read and write at least one of the following languages, that is to say English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil;

Article 53 
Until the Legislature otherwise provides, all debates and discussions in Parliament shall be conducted in Malay, English, Mandarin or Tamil. 

Article 127 
1. Subject to clause 4, the government may, upon application made by any person of, or over the age of, twenty-one years who is not a citizen of Singapore, grant a certificate of naturalisation to that person if the government is satisfied... 
(c) that he has an adequate knowledge of the national language.

Article 152 
2. The government shall exercise its functions in such manner as to recognise the special position of the Malays, who are the indigenous people of Singapore, and accordingly it shall be the responsibility of the Government to protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote their political, educational, religious, economic, social and cultural interests in the Malay language.

　

Article 6 
1. Slovak is the official language of the Slovak Republic. 
2. The use of languages other than the official language in official communications shall be determined by law. 

Article 12 
2. Fundamental rights shall be guaranteed in the Slovak Republic to every person regardless of sex, race, colour, language, faith, religion, political affiliation or conviction, national or social origin, nationality or ethnic origin, property, birth or any other status, and no person shall be denied their legal rights, discriminated or favoured on any of these grounds. 

Article 26 
5. Government authorities and public administration shall be obligated to provide reasonable access to the information in the official language of their work. The terms and procedures of execution thereof shall be specified by law. 

Article 34 
1. Citizens of national minorities or ethnic groups in the Slovak Republic shall be guaranteed their full development, particularly the rights to promote their cultural heritage with other citizens of the same national minority or ethnic group, receive and disseminate information in their mother tongue, form associations, and create and maintain educational and cultural institutions. Details thereof will be determined by law. 
2. In addition to the right to learn the official language, the citizens of national minorities or ethnic groups shall, under conditions defined by law, also be guaranteed: 
(a) the right to be educated in a minority language, 
(b) the right to use a minority language in official communications, 
(c) the right to participate in decision-making in matters affecting the national minorities and ethnic groups. 

Article 47 
2. Every person shall have the right to counsel from the outset of proceedings before any court of law, or a governmental or public authority as provided by law... 
4. A person who claims not to know the language used in the proceedings under section 2 of this Article shall have the right to an interpreter.

　

Article 11 
The Slovene language shall be the official language in Slovenia. In the communes with Italian or Hungarian populations, the Italian or Hungarian language shall also be the official language. 

Article 61 
Everyone has the right to freely express his belonging to his nation or nationality, to develop and express his culture and to use his language and alphabet. 

Article 62 
Everyone has the right, in the exercise of the rights and duties as well as in proceedings before state organs and public authorities, to use his own language and alphabet, in the manner determined by law. 

Article 64 
The autochthonous Italian and Hungarian ethnic communities and their members are entitled freely to use their ethnic symbols in order to preserve their ethnic identity, they are entitled to establish organisations, develop economic, cultural, scientific and research activities, and activities in the fields of mass media and publishing. Further they are entitled, as determined by law, to education in their language or to bilingual education. Regions where bilingual schools are compulsory shall be determined by law. The two ethnic communities and their members are entitled to cultivate the relations with their two parent nations and their respective states. The state shall support the implementation of the aforementioned rights financially and morally……

　

Article 10 
2. Every person who is charged with a criminal offence... 
(b) shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in detail and in a language that he understands, of the nature of the offence charged;... 
(f) shall be permitted to have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand the language used at the trial of the charge; 

Article 20 
4. The information required to be contained in an application for the purposes of this section is as follows... 
(f) a declaration by the applicant of his allegiance to Solomon Islands and his respect for the culture, the language and the way of life of Solomon Islands;

　

Article 3 
2. Somali is the language which all Somalis speak and through which they recognise each other; Arabic is the language which links the Somali people with the Arab nation, of whom they are an integral part, and the two languages shall constitute the official languages of the Somali Democratic Republic. 

Article 6 
All citizens regardless of sex, religion, origin and language shall be entitled to equal rights and duties before the law…

　

Section 6 
(1) The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu. 
(2) Recognising the historically diminished use and status of the indigenous languages of our people, the state must take practical and positive measures to elevate the status and advance the use of these languages. 
(3) 
(a) The national government and provincial governments may use any particular official languages for the purposes of government, taking into account usage, practicality, expense, regional circumstances and the balance of the needs and preferences of the population as a whole or in the province concerned; but the national government and each provincial government must use at least two official languages. 
(b) Municipalities must take into account the language usage and preferences of their residents.
(4) The national government and provincial governments, by legislative and other measures, must regulate and monitor their use of official languages. Without detracting from the provisions of subsection (2), all official languages must enjoy parity of esteem and must be treated equitably. 
(5) A Pan South African Language Board established by national legislation must - 
(a) promote and create conditions for the development and use of - 
(i) all official languages; 
(ii) the Khoi, Nama and San languages; and 
(iii) sign language ; and 
(b) promote and ensure respect for - 
(i) all languages commonly used by communities in South Africa, including German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu; and 
(ii) Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit and other languages used for religious purposes in South Africa. 

Section 9 
(3) The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth. 

Section 29 
(2) Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable. In order to ensure the effective access to, and implementation of, this right, the state must consider all reasonable educational alternatives, including single medium institutions, taking into account - 
(a) equity; 
(b) practicability; and 
(c) the need to redress the results of past racially discriminatory laws and practices. 

Section 30 
Everyone has the right to use the language and to participate in the cultural life of their choice, but no one exercising these rights may do so in a manner inconsistent with any provision of the Bill of Rights. 

Section 31 
(1) Persons belonging to a cultural, religious or linguistic community may not be denied the right, with other members of that community - 
(a) to enjoy their culture, practise their religion and use their language; and 
(b) to form, join and maintain cultural, religious and linguistic associations and other organs of civil society. 
(2) The rights in subsection (1) may not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with any provision of the Bill of Rights. 

Section 35 
(3) Every accused person has a right to a fair trial, which includes the right - 
(k) to be tried in a language that the accused person understands or, if that is not practicable, to have the proceedings interpreted in that language;
(4) Whenever this section requires information to be given to a person, that information must be given in a language that the person understands. 
(5) Evidence obtained in a manner that violates any right in the Bill of Rights must be excluded if the admission of that evidence would render the trial unfair or otherwise be detrimental to the administration of justice. 

Section 185 
(1) The primary objects of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities are - 
(a) to promote respect for the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities; 
(b) to promote and develop peace, friendship, humanity, tolerance and national unity among cultural, religious and linguistic communities, on the basis of equality, non-discrimination and free association; and 
(c) to recommend the establishment or recognition, in accordance with national legislation, of a cultural or other council or councils for a community or communities in South Africa. 
(2) The Commission has the power, as regulated by national legislation, necessary to achieve its primary objects, including the power to monitor, investigate, research, educate, lobby, advise and report on issues concerning the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities. 
(3) The Commission may report any matter which falls within its powers and functions to the Human Rights Commission for investigation. 
(4) The Commission has the additional powers and functions prescribed by national legislation. 

Section 186 
(1) The number of members of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities and their appointment and terms of office must be prescribed by national legislation. 
(2) The composition of the Commission must- 
(a) be broadly representative of the main cultural, religious and linguistic communities in South Africa; and 
(b) broadly reflect the gender composition of South Africa. 

Section 235 
The right of the South African people as a whole to self-determination, as manifested in this Constitution, does not preclude, within the framework of this right, recognition of the notion of the right of self-determination of any community sharing a common cultural and language heritage, within a territorial entity in the Republic or in any other way, determined by national legislation.

　

Article 3 
1. Castilian is the official Spanish language of the state. All Spaniards have the duty to know it and the right to use it. 
2. The other languages of Spain will also be official in the respective autonomous communities, in accordance with their statutes. 
3. The richness of the linguistic modalities of Spain is a cultural patrimony which will be the object of special respect and protection. 

Article 20 
3. The law shall regulate the organization and parliamentary control of the means of social communication owned by the State or any public entity and shall guarantee access to those means by significant social and political groups, respecting the pluralism of society and the various languages of Spain. 

Article 148 
1. The Autonomous Communities may assume jurisdiction in the following matters... 
(17) assistance to culture, research and, as the case may be, for the teaching of the language of the Autonomous Community;

　

Article 12 
2. No citizen shall be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political opinion, place of birth or any one of such grounds: 
Provided that it shall be lawful to require a person to acquire within a reasonable time sufficient knowledge of any language as a qualification for any employment or office in the public, judicial or local government service, or in the service of any public corporation, where such knowledge is reasonably necessary for the discharge of the duties of such employment or office: 
Provided further that it shall be lawful to require a person to have a sufficient knowledge of any language as a qualification for any such employment of office where no function of that employment or office can be discharged otherwise than with a knowledge of that language. 
3. No person shall, on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex or any one of such grounds, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or conditions with regard to access to shops, public restaurants, hotels, places of public entertainment and places of public worship of his own religion. 

Article 14 
1. Every citizen is entitled to... 
(f) the freedom by himself or in association with others to enjoy and promote his own culture and to use his own language;

Article 18 
1. The official language of Sri Lanka shall be Sinhala. 
2. Tamil shall also be an official language. 
3. English shall be the link language. 

Article 19 
The national languages of Sri Lanka shall be Sinhala and Tamil. 

Article 20 
A member of Parliament or a member of a local authority shall be entitled to perform his duties and discharge his functions in Parliament or in such local authority in either of the national languages. 

Article 21 
1. A person shall be entitled to be educated through the medium of either of the national languages: 
Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to an institution of higher education where the medium of instruction is a language other than a national language.
2. Where one national language is a medium of instruction for or in any course, department or faculty of any university directly or indirectly financed by the state, the other national language shall also be made a medium of instruction for or in such course, department or faculty for students who prior to their admission to such university, were educated through the medium of such other national language: 
Provided that compliance with the proceeding provisions of this paragraph shall not be obligatory if such other national language is the medium of instruction for or in any like course, department or faculty either at any other campus or branch of such university or any other like university.

Article 22 
1. The official languages shall be the language of administration throughout Sri Lanka: 
Provided that the Tamil language shall also be used as the language of administration for the maintenance of public records and the transaction of all business by public institutions in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. 
2. A person, other than an official acting in his official capacity, shall be entitled: 
(a) to receive communications from, and to communicate and transact business with, any official in his official capacity, in either of the national languages; 
(b) if the law recognises his right to inspect or to obtain copies of or extracts from any official register, record, publication or other document, to obtain a copy of or an extract from such register, record, publication or other document or a translation thereof, as the case may be, in either of the national languages; and 
(c) where a document is executed by any official for the purpose of being issued to him, to obtain such document or a translation thereof, in either of the national languages. 
3. A local authority in the Northern and Eastern Provinces which conducts its business in either of the national languages shall be entitled to receive communications from, and to communicate and transact business with, any official in his official capacity, in such national language. 
4. All orders, proclamations, rules, bylaws, regulations and notifications made or issued under any written law, the Gazette and all other official documents including circulars and forms issued or used by any public institution or local authority, shall be published in both national languages. 
5. A person shall be entitled to be examined through the medium of either of the national languages at any examination for the admission of persons to the public service, judicial service, local government service, a public corporation or statutory institution, subject to the condition that he may be required to acquire a sufficient knowledge of the official language within a reasonable time after admission to any such service, public corporation or statutory institution where such knowledge is reasonably necessary for the discharge of his duties: 
Provided that a person may be required to have a sufficient knowledge of the official language as a condition for admission to any such service, public corporation or statutory institution where no function of the office or employment for which he is recruited can be discharged otherwise than with a sufficient knowledge of the official language. 

Article 23 
1. All laws and subordinate legislation shall be enacted or made, and published, in both national languages together with a translation in the English language. In the event of any inconsistency between any two texts, the text in the official language shall prevail. 
2. All laws and subordinate legislation in force immediately prior to the commencement of the Constitution, shall be published in the Gazette in both national languages as expeditiously as possible. 
3. The law published in Sinhala under the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article shall, as from the date of such publication, be deemed to be the law and supersede the corresponding law in English. 

Article 24 
1. The official language shall be the language of the courts throughout Sri Lanka and accordingly their records and proceedings shall be in the official language: 
Provided that the language of the courts exercising original jurisdiction in the Northern and Eastern Provinces shall also be Tamil and their records and proceedings shall be in the Tamil language. In the event of an appeal from any such court, records in both national languages shall be prepared for the use of the court hearing such appeal: 
Provided further that: 
(a) the Minister in charge of the subject of Justice may, with the concurrence of the Cabinet of Ministers, direct that the record of any such court shall also be maintained and proceedings conducted in the official language; and 
(b) t
he record of any particular proceeding in such court shall also be maintained in the official language if so required by the judge of such court, or by any party or applicant or any person legally entitled to represent such party or applicant in such proceedings, where such judge, party, applicant or person is not conversant with the Tamil language. 
2. Any party or applicant or any person legally entitled to represent such party or applicant may initiate proceedings, and submit to court pleadings and other documents, and participate in the proceedings in court, in either of the national languages. 
3. Any judge, juror, party or applicant or any person legally entitled to represent such party or applicant, who is not conversant with the language used in a court, shall be entitled to interpretation and to translation into the appropriate national language, provided by the state, to enable him to understand and participate in the proceedings before such court, and shall also be entitled to obtain in either of the national languages any such part of the record or a translation thereof, as the case may be, as he may be entitled to obtain according to law. 
4. The Minister in charge of the subject of Justice may, with the concurrence of the Cabinet of Ministers, issue directions permitting the use of a language other than a national language in or in relation to the records and proceedings in any court for all purposes or for such purposes as may be specified therein. Every judge shall be bound to implement such direction. 

Article 25 
The state shall provide adequate facilities for the use of the languages provided for in this chapter. 

Article 28 
1. All laws and subordinate legislation shall be enacted or made and published in both national languages together with a translation in the English language. In the event of any inconsistency between any two texts, the text in the official language shall prevail. 
2. All laws and subordinate legislation in force immediately prior to the commencement of the Constitution, shall be published in the Gazette in both national languages as expeditiously as possible. 
3. The law published in Sinhala under the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article shall, as from the date of such publication, be deemed to be the law and supersede the corresponding law in English. 

　

Article 3 
Arabic is the official language in the Republic of the Sudan; and the State shall allow the development of other local and international languages. 

Article 27 
There shall be guaranteed for every community or group of citizens the right to preserve their particular culture, language or religion, and rear children freely within the framework of their particularity, and the same shall not by coercion be effaced.

　

Article 8 
2. No one may be discriminated against on the grounds of birth, sex, race, language, religious origin, education, political beliefs, economic position or any other status. 

　

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Article 2 
(4) Opportunities should be promoted for ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities to preserve and develop a cultural and social life of their own.

　

Article 107 
1. Les membres et les suppléants du Tribunal fédéral sont nommés par l'Assemblée fédérale, qui aura égard à ce que les trois langues officielles de la Confédération y soient représentées.

Article 116 
1. Les langues nationales de la Suisse sont l'allemand, le français, l'italien et le romanche.
2. La Confédération et les cantons encouragent la compréhension et les échanges entre les communautés linguistiques.

　

Article 4 
The Arabic language shall be the official language.