2015 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Common Law; Construction of Laws
1-13 Official languages.
§1-13 Official languages. English and Hawaiian are the official languages of Hawaii. Whenever there is found to exist any radical and irreconcilable difference between the English and Hawaiian version of any of the laws of the State, the English version shall be held binding. Hawaiian shall not be required for public acts and transactions. [L 1864, p 68; RL 1925, §26; RL 1935, §9; RL 1945, §8; RL 1955, §1-16; HRS §1-13; am L 1979, c 97, §2]
Law Journals and Reviews
"Officially" What? The Legal Rights and Implications of ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. 30 UH L. Rev. 243.
Case Notes
Originally, Hawaiian version prevailed. 1 H. 402; 1 H. 457. Beginning with cc 1859, English version prevailed. 8 H. 478; 41 H. 358, 366.
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