[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 28CFR55.13]



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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED)

 

PART 55_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 

REGARDING LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart C_Determining the Exact Language

 

Sec. 55.13  Language used for oral assistance and publicity.



    (a) Languages with more than one dialect. Some languages, for 

example, Chinese, have several dialects. Where a jurisdiction is 

obligated to provide oral assistance in such a language, the 

jurisdiction's obligation is to ascertain the dialects that are commonly 

used by members of the applicable language minority group in the 

jurisdiction and to provide oral assistance in such dialects. (See Sec. 

55.20.)

    (b) Language minority groups having more than one language. In some 

jurisdictions members of an applicable language minority group speak 

more than one language other than English. Where a jurisdiction is 

obligated to provide oral assistance in the language of such a group, 

the jurisdiction's obligation is to ascertain the languages that are 

commonly used by members of that group in the jurisdiction and to 

provide oral assistance in such languages. (See Sec. 55.20)



[Order 655-76, 41 FR 29998, July 20, 1976, as amended by Order 1246-87, 

53 FR 736, Jan. 12, 1988; Order No. 1752-93, 58 FR 35373, July 1, 1993]