PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1059
Seth Govind Das: Have the Government established any special section for that purpose and have some persons been appointed in order that all these Acts may be translated into Hindi ?
Dr. Ambedkar: There is a section in the Law Ministry consisting of Hindi translators who translate the most important Bills passed by Parliament.
Seth Govind Das: Have all the Acts connected with the forthcoming elections been translated into Hindi, and if not, when is that work likely to be completed ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I cannot give a definite answer. So far as my information extends I think it is contemplated to translate those Acts into Hindi.
Shri Sondhi: Will they be done before the General Elections ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I believe so.
Shri Jnani Ram: May I know if the People’s Represen-tation Acts have been translated into Hindi ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I think they are under translation.
Shri A. C. Guha : Have the Government any idea of translating these Acts into other Indian languages as well ?
Shri Raj Kanwar: Normally how long after the publication of an Act in English is the translation in Hindi available ?
Dr. Ambedkar: There is no such thing as normality in this.
Shri Amolakh Chand: May I know if the People’s Representation Acts would be translated before the elections or after ?
Dr. Ambedkar: It depends upon the capacity of the different departments to undertake this task but I suppose my friend can assume that Government has sense to understand that no purpose would be served in translating them after the elections.
Seth Govind Das: So far as the Acts relating to the elections are concerned, how many of them have been translated into Hindi, how many have been published and how many remain to be published and in what time are they expected to be published ?
Dr. Ambedkar: My friend evidently is under the impression that there is an ocean of laws which deal with