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Holidays Act (No. 29 of 1971) - Sect 11

Power of Minister to declare special bank holidays

11.
(1) The Minister may, without amending or varying the Second Schedule to this Act, from time to time, by Order published in the Gazette, declare that-
(a) any such day in any such month in any such year as may be specified in that Order, not being a day for the time being specified in that Schedule, shall be a bank holiday for the purposes of this Act, in addition to the days for the time being specified in that Schedule; or
(b) any such day in any such month in any such year as may be specified in that Order shall be a bank holiday for the purposes of this Act, in lieu of any day for the time being specified in that Schedule.
(2) Any Order made by the Minister under subsection (1) declaring any day to be a bank holiday for the purposes of this Act shall come into force upon the date of its publication in the Gazette, or upon such later date as may be specified, therein, and shall cease to be in. force on the day immediately succeeding that day.

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