§1-13  Official languages.  English andHawaiian are the official languages of Hawaii.  Whenever there is found toexist any radical and irreconcilable difference between the English andHawaiian version of any of the laws of the State, the English version shall beheld 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 andImplications 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.