[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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]