1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Citizens belonging to minorities, which traditionally and on long-term basis live within the territory of the Czech Republic, enjoy the right to use their language in communication with authorities and in front of the courts of law (for the list of recognized minorities see National Minorities Policy of the Government of the Czech Republic). The article 25 of the Czech Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms ensures right of the national and ethnic minorities for education and communication with authorities in their own language. Act No. 500/2004 Coll. (The Administrative Rule) in its paragraph 16 (4) (Procedural Language) ensures, that a citizen of the Czech Republic, who belongs to a national or an ethnic minority, which traditionally and on long-term basis lives within the territory of the Czech Republic, have right to address an administrative agency and proceed before it in the language of the minority. In case that the administrative agency doesn't have an employee with knowledge of the language, the agency is bound to obtain a translator at the agency's own expense. According to Act No. 273/2001 (About The Rights of Members of Minorities) paragraph 9 (The right to use language of a national minority in dealing with authorities and in front of the courts of law) the same applies for the members of national minorities also in front of the courts of law.
↑ Priedīte, Aija (2005). “Surveying Language Attitudes and Practices in Latvia”. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 (5): 409–424. doi:10.1080/01434630508668413. <quote>In 1992, following further amendments to this directive, Latvian was established as the only official language. It took410 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development seven more years before the State language law was adopted in 1999, with further amendments in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.</quote>
1 2 Điều 152 của Hiến pháp Malaysia tiếng Mã Lai là ngôn ngữ chính thức. Mục 2 của điều này quy định tiếng Anh được dùng làm ngôn ngữ chính thức cho đến khi quốc hội quy định lại. Năm 1967, quốc hội Malaysia thông qua Luật ngôn ngữ quốc gia, quy định tiếng Mã Lai là ngôn ngữ chính thức tại Malaysia. Tuy nhiên, luật này cũng quy định tiếng Anh được dùng làm ngôn ngữ chính thức trong một số trường hợp đặc biệt.
