GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
New Delhi-2, Date the 30th May 1964
NOTIFICATION
(No. F.19-49/61-H 1)

No. S. O. ……………………………………………………………… in exercise of the powers confirmed by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act, 1964 (14 of 1964), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of June 1964, as the date on which the said Act shall come in to force.

   R. K. KAPUR
                                                                               Joint Educational Adviser

DAKSHIN BHARAT HINDI PRACHAR SABHA
AN INSTITUTION OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
(Central Act 14 of 1964)

Where as the object of the institution known as the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha are such as to make it an institution of national importance, it is hereby declared that the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is an Institution of National Importance. 

POWERS OF THE SABHA

“Notwithstanding anything contained in the University Grants Commission Act 1956, or in any other law for the time being in force, the Sabha may hold such examinations and grant such degrees, diplomas and certificates for proficiency in Hindi or in the teaching of Hindi as may be determined by the Sabha from time to time.”