Editing Official Language Act (Quebec) (section)

{{Short description|Act of Parliament of Quebec}}
{{Distinguish|Official Languages Act (Canada)}}
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|short_title         = Official Language Act
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|image               = Coat of arms of Quebec.svg
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|citation            = SQ 1974, c. 6
|enacted_by          = [[National Assembly of Quebec]]
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|royal_assent        = July 31, 1974
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|bill                = 
|bill_citation       = Bill 22 (1974)
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|repealed_by         = [[Charter of the French Language]], SQ 1977, c. C-11, s. 224
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|status              = Repealed
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{{italic title|text=Official Language Act}}
The '''''Official Language Act''''' of 1974<ref>''Official Language Act'', S.Q. 1974, s. 6.</ref> ({{langx|fr|Loi sur la langue officielle}}), also known as '''Bill 22''', was an act of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]], commissioned by Premier [[Robert Bourassa]], which made [[French language|French]] the sole [[official language]] of [[Quebec]], Canada. Provincial desire for the ''Official Language Act'' came after the repeal of [[Bill 63]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hudon|first=R|title=Bill 22|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/bill-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614205151/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/bill-22|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2012|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=Historica-Dominion|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref> It was ultimately supplanted by the ''[[Charter of the French Language]]'' (also known as Bill 101) in 1977, which imposed French as the only language for advertising and education (with many exceptions).<ref>''[http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/laws/stat/rsq-c-c-11/latest/rsq-c-c-11.html Charter of the French Language]'', RSQ, c. C-11.</ref>