“3. Amendment of section 17.- In section 17 of the Principal Act, for sub-section (6), the following shall be substituted , namely:-
(6) The name boards of Commercial, Industrial and Business Undertakings, Trusts, Counseling Centre’s, Hospitals, Laboratories, Amusement Centers and Hotels etc., functioning with the approval and sanction of the Government or Local Authorities, shall ensure that their name board displays 60% in Kannada language and Kannada shall be displayed in the upper half of the name board”.
It is now mandatory that the name boards display the name of the establishment, in Kannada, in the upper half of the name board and occupies 60% of the name board space.
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